Terror As Raf Jet Came Down On Cricket Pitch ; Wolstanton Residents Would Never Forget the Day an Raf Pilot Died When His Meteor Jet Broke Up and Crashed On to a Playing Field, Writes Alan Cookman

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › November 26, 2011

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T'S nearly 60 years since a suburban cricket ground was the scene of a shocking tragedy. An RAF Gloster Meteor jet crashed in flames as it flew over Wolstanton March on the outskirts of Newcastle.

It was in October, 1953 that the jet was seen to disintegrate in mid-air and smash into the cricket pitch.

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Terror As Raf Jet Came Down On Cricket Pitch ; Wolstanton Residents Would Never Forget the Day an Raf Pilot Died When His Meteor Jet Broke Up and Crashed On to a Playing Field, Writes Alan Cookman

Witnesses had seen the aircraft performing aerobatics, somersaulting over the Marsh.

One said the plane disappeared over t...

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