Meteor F.8 WH276 at Finningley airfield.

On 18th September 1952 this 616 Squadron aircraft overshot following a landing at dusk at Finningley airfield. The aircraft ran on to rough ground and came to rest in a quarry in the overshoot area. This damage appears to have seen the aircraft converted into a Ground Instructional Airframe 7005M. There were a number of gravel pits around the airfield and the aircraft probably crashed into one of these.

Pilot - F/O K Jolley (probably F/O Kenneth Jolley RAF (163448)).

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