Gloster Meteor F. Mk.8 WH833 and WH834 of 610 (County of Chester) Auxiliary Squadron RAuxAF, flew into high ground at Edgworth near Bolton on the 14th November 1953.
|
Crew / Passengers |
Rank - if applicable |
Position e.g. Pilot |
Status |
|
Anthony Basil Mercer |
Flight Lieutenant |
Pilot |
Killed |
| Arthur Michael Fletcher | Flying Officer | Pilot | Killed |
The two aircraft had taken off from Hooton Park near Ellesmere Port on a training flight, the two aircraft were next heard passing over Edgworth and shortly afterwards there was a loud explosion. The aircraft had struck a stone wall near the top of a steep slope and disintegrated spreading wreckage over a wide area. The local newspaper initially reported only a single plane had crashed due to the wreckage from both being mixed together.
The two aircraft flew into the wall on the left of the photo and ploughed in the slope on the right.
This photo is looking along the wall wreckage was spread almost to the wall just visible in the centre of the photo.