By: grounded - 10th May 2005 at 23:48
Many thanks for your info Geoff.
By: von Perthes - 10th May 2005 at 12:10
Last take-off’ by Colin Cummings has the following.
14-Aug-52 WK657 Meteor F.8 92 Sqn Near RAF Coningsby
The pilot was practicing aerobatics culminating in a bunt to the inverted straight and level. He rolled out of the bunt before it was complete and began to lose height before striking the ground, killing some cattle, and then disintegrating against a river bank.
Sqn Ldr Jack Jagger 30
It would probably be worth ordering a copy of the AM1180 Accident Record Card for this incident from the RAF Museum at Hendon, as this may have information not included in the above re the cause of the accident. It will have other details such as no of hours flown on type etc. by Sqn/Ldr Jagger.
I’d also take a look at the 92 Sqn Operations Record Book at The National Archive, and also the ORBs for Linton-on-Ouse and also for Coningsby, for further information.
Geoff.
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May 10, 2005 at 11:27 am