21 September 1956 – Meteor

On 21 September 1956 a Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 with serial I-171 of the Royal Netherlands Air Force slid of the runway after landing at Soesterberg AB. The aircraft finally ended up on the van Weerden Poelmanweg.

Pilot Burgstede could leave the aircraft savely and unhurt. The aircraft was written off.

Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie
22 September 1956 Nieuw Utrechtsch Dagblad