stanski
May 17, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Meteor Jet Crash – Partridge Green

Hi,

I have just moved in to the Lock estate in Partridge Green and my next door neighbour has told me about a crash that happened in the fields across from my house.

In 1952 a Metor crashed, he remembers still finding bits years after it had crashed when he was ploughing the field.

I am a keen military hisorian and with this being on my door step I would really like to know some more about it.

Can anyone shed anymore light on the crash or point me in the direction of where I can continue my search.

I look forward to hearing from you

Regards

James
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By: one rusty spike - 30th January 2014 at 12:02

RE Meteor crash. Partridge Green 1954

I was working with my father in the garden on a saturday afternoon in Feb 1954, when two Meteor jets appeared. They commenced on a fantastic aerobatic display, diving, rolling, looping the loop, a fascinating scene. I watched this for a short time and as one meteor was in a vertical dive, I remember saying, “he needs to pull out quickly”. He did’nt, the plane screamed vertically into the ground. There was a thump, a ball of black smoke then silence. Our garden I would imagine to be about one and a half miles from the crash site at Lock Farm Partridge Green. I believe the local paper, West Sussex County Times reported this crash, but I cannot be sure.

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By: vampiredave - 17th May 2011 at 18:33

Meteor Crash

It was probably an attempt at graveyard humour?

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By: LardyGit - 17th May 2011 at 18:07

The unfortunate Pilot Officer M. J. Bridge was definitely at the ‘elm.

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By: Propstrike - 17th May 2011 at 17:38

maybe it was a large body of trees 😉

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By: vampiredave - 17th May 2011 at 15:05

1954 not 1952

Feb 13 1954 Meteor F.8 WF754 of 600 Sqn

1954 Pilot Officer M. J. Bridge was killed when a RAF Meteor crashed and exploded in a corpse near Partridge Green. The aircraft had lost a hood and then dived into ground

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See also

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=20684

and

http://www.veterans-uk.info/afm2/roll-of-honour.php?SerialNo=R3299

Paul,

You have unintentionally cheered me up.

David

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By: paulmcmillan - 17th May 2011 at 14:43

1954 not 1952

Feb 13 1954 Meteor F.8 WF754 of 600 Sqn

1954 Pilot Officer M. J. Bridge was killed when a RAF Meteor crashed and exploded in a corpse near Partridge Green. The aircraft had lost a hood and then dived into ground

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