Date:	Thursday 13 May 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	209 AFS RAF
Registration:	RA419
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset.
Destination airport:	RAF Weston Zoyland, Somerset.
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 RA419, 209 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13/5/54 when an undercarriage leg collapsed, and the aircraft suffered structural damage to the undercarriage leg attachments during a "hard" landing at RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset.

A decision was taken not to repair the aircraft, and it was instead struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 15/5/54

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.158 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II By Peter Forrester
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.56
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1676846

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Apr-2020 00:19	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Apr-2020 00:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
10-Apr-2020 08:47	Investig	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]