Date:	Saturday 8 January 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	92 (East India) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VT269
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Mepal, 7 miles west of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor VT269: Delivered to 39 MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 30.9.48. To 92 Squadron, RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire 19.11.48 as "DL-N'

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8-1-49 in a forced landing at RAF Mepal, 7 miles west of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Both engines cut due to fuel starvation; bellylanded on disused airfield at RAF Mepal, 8.1.49.
Crew:
Pilot III S.C Strachan (pilot) RAF survived OK

Not repaired: Struck Off Charge 9.2.49 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat E)

1.Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.463
3.Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 92 Sqdn RAF for the period 1-2-1947 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2443/3: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420865
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_the_South_East.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._92_Squadron_RAF#Cold_War
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_2009.pdf p 176
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Mepal

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Apr-2023 20:48	Dr. John Smith	Added
11-May-2024 09:46	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]