Date:	Thursday 2 February 1950
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	203 AFS RAF
Registration:	VW788
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VW788: Delivered 5/1/1948. Service with 203 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF. Written off (destroyed) 2/2/1950 when crashed at Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire. During a turn upwind prior to landing, aircraft assumed a very steep angle of bank. It then stalled, fell away into some trees and exploded on impact with the ground. The pilot was killed.

Crew of Meteor F.4 VW788:
Pilot III Colin John Walker, RAF (pilot, aged 20) - killed on active service 2/2/1950

The reported crash location of Burton Agnes is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A614 road midway between Driffield and Bridlington.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.31
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VW

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Dec-2020 19:52	Dr. John Smith	Added
15-Dec-2020 10:18	DG333	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]