Date:	Wednesday 7 July 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	4 FTS RAF
Registration:	VT195
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Middleton St.George, Darlington, County Durham. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St.George, Darlington, County Durham.
Destination airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT195: Delivered 24/6/48. Operational RAF service was with 56 Squadron, APS (Armament Practice Station) RAF Acklington, 226 OCU RAF Stradishall Suffolk, 205 AFS and lastly with 4 FTS at RAF Middleton St. George.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7/7/54: Undercarriage collapsed on landing at RAF Middleton St.George, Darlington, County Durham. The aircraft slid along the runway then came to a halt. The pilot was not injured, but the Meteor was taken to 60 MU RAF Rufforth, where it was deemed "beyond economic repair" and struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 17/8/54.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.160 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.84)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.71
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
5. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Mil/Mil1954.htm
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Apr-2020 01:02	Dr. John Smith	Added
15-Apr-2020 10:29	Investig	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
15-Apr-2020 20:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
16-Apr-2020 09:15	Investig	Updated [Operator, Operator]
22-Apr-2020 00:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]