Date:	Tuesday 28 February 1950
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	RAF Flying College
Registration:	VT217
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Manby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Manby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Manby, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT217: Delivered 13/7/1948. Served with RAF Flying College, RAF Manby, Lincolnshire. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/2/1950: The pilot badly misjudged his approach to RAF Manby, Lincolnshire, and struck various obstructions, including the approach lights, and a hangar. The aircraft was severely damaged, and not repaired. The (un-named) pilot was presumably not injured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.90 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.37
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1950

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Dec-2020 00:54	Dr. John Smith	Added
31-Jan-2021 10:44	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
05-Mar-2021 03:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Operator]
07-May-2021 20:38	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]