At 09.10hrs on the 9th of June 1952 the pilot of this aircraft made a belly landing north of Guisborough after running out of fuel on a training exercise. He had become lost whilst out to sea and when he made land he though he was south of Flamborough Head. He was told of his rough location and to divert to Middleton St George but by this time he was low on fuel so made the forced landing. The pilot survived although the aircraft was badly damaged. Cat 5/FA was recorded.

Pilot - P/O M D S Towley RAF, aged 21. Ok

The aircraft was built to contract 6/ACFT/658 by Gloster Aircraft Ltd at Hucclecote and delivered to the RAF in April 1948 and issued to 1 Sqdn at Tangmere in June 1948 when to unit converted to the type. It was transferred to 203 AFS at Driffield when the unit formed from 226 OCU on 1st September 1949.

I am told that this Meteor crash landed / came to rest in one of these two fields shown in this photograph. It had apparently crossed over the Marske to Guisborough road.