RAF Meteor 8 in flight explosion 1956?

[henry crun]

Voyeur: Although I think it unlikely, it is possible Broken Wings has the wrong date.

Rather than approach the Express would it not be easier to check with a local newspaper ?
An event like that would almost certainly be given prominence, and you are more likely to get a prompt reply from a small local paper than a national daily.

Edit to add, In the period Jan 52 to Dec 1957 I can find only two references to collisions involving Mk 7's.
The first is between a Mk8 and a Mk7 at Bllackmore, Essex, on 3/4/54 when one pilot was killed.
Second was two Mk 7's of CFS who collided at Upper Heyford on 28/7/54, the four occupants where killed.

The is one entry involving a Mk7 at Driffield in that period, when on 9/4/53 WL413 (type not given) landed on top of Mk 7 VT240. No fatalities involved in that accident.

To return to the Filey location, there is another entry on 27/8/54, 2 mls south of Filey, aircraft abandoned in a dive after a tailchase, but that was a Mk 7, not an 8.