3 October 1952 – Meteor

On 22 July 1952 around 13:00 hours, Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 with serial I-161 crashed near the border of the towns of Amersfoort and Leusden.

Due to suddenly bad weather and visibility, one of the Meteors of a formation of four crashed on a property owned by the Dutch ‘Heidemaatschappij’.

On the ground no one was hurt, but pilot H.C. Schmitz was killed. Near the crashsite the remains of a parachute were found indicating that the pilot tried to bail out.

4 October 1952 Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden
3 October 1952 Leeuwarder Courant