Meteor F.4 VT326 near Settrington.
On 4th March 1952 the pilot of this No.203 Advanced Flying School aircraft was undertaking a low-level training flight when it flew into the ground between Settrington and Scagglethorpe, to the east of Malton. Witnesses to the crash had seen it fly from the direction of the wolds at low level but it then began a descent that followed the contour down the hillside toward the farmland at lower level. Instead of then pulling out of the shallow dive it then simply flew into the ground on or close to a hedge. The pilot was killed and wreckage was spread over an area of three hundred yards on land farmed by Mr Raymond Wardell. A local lady, Mrs Corner, raised the alarm, with the police and other services being soon on the scene.
Pilot - P/O Peter Barton Brown RAF (2492698), aged 20. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Peter Barton Brown was born on 8th April 1931 in Middlesex. He was a National Service pilot that received a commission to P/O on 14th November 1951. At the time of his death he had flown a total of 239 hours with 27 hours on the Meteor type.
I do not know exactly where this aircraft crashed although the local press report suggests it is likely to be in the area contained in this photograph.
