On 18 March 1953 two RAF Gloster Meteors collided in formation, three miles south-west of Duxford. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Great bar with Les looking after us AFTS students. The new research additionally revealed that 23 Squadron's Commanding Officer, Wing Commander (later Air Commodore) A. N. Davis, had also been diverted to investigate the radar returns while flying a Venom from RAF Coltishall. The engine of a jet fighter that crashed 70 years ago and was recently rediscovered by a farmer will go on display as a "fitting memorial". [13] At the time 23 Squadron decided that the radar contact had, if anything, been with a weather balloon. 14 November 1917 A Sopwith Camel and B.E.2e collide at Edinburgh, Scotland, two killed. Both crew were killed attempting to eject just before impact.