'Twas either late 1953 or early 54, that I was flying a Meteor 4, ex 209 AFS from Weston Zoyland. Bill Pegg had become obliged to force land on the mud flats at Bristol following what I believe was a four engine failure.
No, the root of it was an engine fire. It was Feb 1954. I recollect vaguely that it was the flight trials installation of the Bristol Orion. Wikipedia claims that one engine (no.3) was on fire, no.4 was shut down as a precaution, and the other 2 failed on approach to Filton. I think that last bit is wrong, and that Bill Pegg took the view that the wing would not survive long enough to reach Filton, and chose to land on the mud.
Edit: I have found that the Orion did not fly until 1956, fitted to the 1st prototype Britannia, so this one was all Proteus power