Does anyone have any further details/pictures of/ press cuttings about this one?
12th April 1952
RAF Meteor 8 WF700 Fire in air, loss of control Sqn. Ldr. J. Miller sustained bruises during parachute development – tore cartilage on landing.
My Dad – then aged 7! remembers seeing the wreckage having destroyed a bungalow in Thundersley. Apparently, the pilot landed outside the Woodcutter’s Arms.
By: paulmcmillan - 13th February 2008 at 11:42
Times Monday 14th April 1952
“Jet Aircraft Crash
An RAF jet aircraft from Biggin Hill station in Kent crashed on a bungalow estate at South Benfleet Essex on Saturday, killing 18 birds in a chicken house. The pilot bailed out and landed safely at Rawreth, fives miles away”
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February 12, 2008 at 10:52 pm