Just been reading Andrew Nahum's book about Whittle and the jet engine. Apparently Bruntingthorpe was used by Power Jets, and they had 2 Meteors, a Lancaster, and a Wellington based there, all for engine test purposes.
My contact remembers seeing the Wellington (with something underneath they didn't recognise - presumambly the test jet engine) take off from there just before the Meteor. Sounds like it was the Power Jets Meteor that crashed, but I'll confirm pilot's name when I next meet this guy.
EDIT:
Confirmed today it was Moffet who was killed, so it must have been the crash Aerohack referred to.
My contact also added that the Wellington only flew when there was low cloudbase, so it couldn't be observed from the ground.
Thanks guys!
SSD
Last edited by Shaggy Sheep Driver; 19th Sep 2004 at 19:08.