ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187345
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| Date: | Friday 3 October 1952 |
| Time: | c. 12:30 |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
| Owner/operator: | 327 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | I-161 |
| MSN: | 6415 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heiligenbergerweg, Amersfoort, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Soesterberg airfield (NL) |
| Soesterberg airfield (EHSB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
I arrived at the crash site just a few minutes after the crash.
My sister saw the aircraft crash in a meadow at the dedge the woods.
The pilot was H.C.J.(Hannes )Schmitz a.k.a. John Schmitz.
This I found out years later from my sister who's brother in law had knew him from flight school.
Squadron Code 7E-1 Was circling over Amersfoort with three other Meteors to land at Soesterberg when the aircraft caught fire and crashed in flames.
Sources:
Complete details about this accident can be found in the book "The Horse of Pheathon. Memories of the Gloster Meteor in the Netherlands"- Aart van Wijk.
De Volkskrant
04-10-1952
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2016 06:46 | Gary | Added |
| 01-May-2019 21:33 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 20:02 | Investig | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Apr-2020 20:03 | Investig | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 07-Dec-2020 19:37 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 11:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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