Date:	Saturday 20 February 1954
Time:
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WK692
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	5 miles south of RAF North Weald, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF North Weald, Essex
Destination airport:	RAF North Weald
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Meteor WK692/F: Written off (destroyed) 20/2/54 when collided in flight with Meteor WK696 (also of 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn RAF) and spiralled into ground five miles south of North Weald, Essex. Pilots of both aircraft were killed.

According to the following excerpt from the December 2018 issue of the 600 (City of London) Squadron association newsletter (which had a feature article about 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron):

"The Squadron's first losses occurred on 20th February 1954, when three aircraft took-off from North Weald on a training flight led by F/Lt Andrew Lang, the Squadron's Regular Training Officer. This flight was undertaken for the benefit of two recently arrived pilots, P/O Byron Lewis a National Service pilot and P/O Peter Austin a Regular.

While over-flying Chigwell, Essex, F/Lt Lang advised his section that he had a nose wheel warning light illuminated, and asked P/O Lewis to fly beneath him for a visual inspection. While doing this the wings of both aircraft touched and the aircraft spun out of control, with both aircraft - WK692/'F' and WK696/'J' - crashing some five miles to the south of North Weald. Both pilots were killed"
Crew of Meteor WK692:
P/O (2531294) Bryon John LEWIS (pilot) RAF - killed

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 69)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.26
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
5. Meteor WK692 at Heathrow 31/5/53: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/5532496687
6. http://nwamuseum.co.uk/IncidentsWestEssexto2000-1.pdf
7. Right of The Line (600 (City of London) Squadron Association newsletter (December 2018): http://600squadronassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/The-Right-of-The-Line-Dec-2018-141218.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2008 22:39	JINX	Added
10-Jan-2012 14:31	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source]
05-Apr-2020 22:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-May-2022 08:11	Nepa	Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]