The passage of time is against me here but several years (probably 20), a person who was a near neighbour said he had been a member of a Meteor Sqn, and flew in a four ship display team. Part of the display was a horizontal bomb burst from a diamond formation, his part in the act was from the inverted, then pull down into a half loop, except during practice the leader had not allowed sufficient height so he hit the ground fairly hard, both engines swallowed earth and stopped but the aircraft became airbourne again and flew on into the next field where a farmer came over and told him he couldnt land there.
He also said that sometimes sorties would last a bit too long and fuel became very critical, they would then shut down one engine so that when fuel did run out they knew which way the swing would be.

Richard