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Two Meteor Jet Aeroplanes

Flamborough, Yorkshire.—About 1.0 in the afternoon of the 5th of October, 1951, the Flamborough Head coastguard telephoned that two Meteor jet aeroplanes had crashed into the cliffs at Bempton in a mist. Later, he said it was between the North Landing and Flamborough Head. At 1.10 the life-boat Howard D. was launched, in a smooth sea with a light northerly breeze blowing. An air sea rescue launch also put out. They saw a mark where an aeroplane had struck on the cliff three miles from the Land- ing and about three hundred yards north of this point the life-boat picked up a body. She transferred it to the rescue launch and went back to her station for news. She was asked to look for the other aeroplane so she put out again and after a wide search found where the second crash had taken place, three hundred yards south of the first. She saw pieces of metal sticking in the cliff face and found oilat the foot of the cliff. The rescue launch came up and transferred several R.A.F. officers to the life-boat, which took them close inshore to show them the position and then returned with them to her station, arriving at 6.0 that evening.—Rewards, £29 15s..