I thought they were cut in the last defence review!

Maybe Maybe

EP660

This had a some sort of incident with 222 Sqn on this date

When I was trying to solve this.. I found reference in a book to the

“Gloustershire Meteor”

I could be worse, like the Lancashire Buccanear

25.4.53 Meteor F.8 WF747 600 Sqn at Chelsfield, Kent. Lost hood and ejector seat operated; dived into ground 1 killed

The Times, Monday, Apr 27, 1953; pg. 3; Issue 52606; col D

A Royal Air Force jet Meteor fighter from Biggin Hill crashed near Chelsfield Kent, on Saturday, having flown on after the pilot
had bailed out. The body of the pilot was found in the ejector seat of the aircraft seven miles away

Colin L I Muntz Born London 1929

re: his father

Frederick Alan Irving ‘Alan’ Muntz died March 7th 1985

In his Obit, it says “His only son as killed flying a Meteor jet shortly after the last war”

That means he was 16 when that photo of him was taken, that was printed in Flight.. He got his Aero Cert in 1950, (aged 21) so we are looking for an accident after 1949… If anyone can pull a death year for him, it will narrow it down

Colin Cummings series of books on RAF Losses should cover this

Such as

The Price of Peace: A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses Between VE-Day and End of 1945
Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft Accidents and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953
Category Five: A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009

At least someone hasn’t said ‘the wings bent like that when it ditched’

The interesting bit is how Eddie got his son Butch into the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in the first place.. At the time, you had to be sponsored by a member of the Congress… There is speculation (though no evidence) that he testified to gain this approval.. Though finding a ‘friendly’ politician in Chicago who could be ‘persuaded’ to do this would not have been difficult…