Meteor at Kirkcaldy
Is there no BoI report to be shared after all these years ? If Grunts does not like the suitcase story and would choose between weather and engine failure, has he considered fuel starvation ?
The article Grunts points to suggests 10-15 minutes between trouble and prang. I remember a normal high-level sortie on full ventral being no more than one hour. Withey has covered about 240 nm from Raynham, had one or more stabs at Turnhouse and then climbed out on diversion. At this stage the fuel gauge needles are moving as you watch them. Turnhouse to Leuchars would take 10 minutes at least. He might have elected to transit at min safe altitude on one engine; if that flames out, his R/T call might not be heard by either station. With a station airman (and suitcase ?) in the back, Withey might not regard baling out as an option. Drama turns to tragedy.