Date:	Tuesday 2 July 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE
Registration:	EE312
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Porton Range, Idmiston, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 EE312: To 74 (Tiger) Squadron 12.6.45. To 222 (Natal) Squadron 15.11.45. To CRD MoS (Controller, Research & Development, Ministry of supply) for use by A&AEE Boscombe Down in early 1946

Written off (destroyed) 2.7.46 during a test flight from Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. Purpose of flight was Spinning trials, three-turn spins in both directions from 15,000 feet. Anti-spin parachute suffered a snatch opening and broke away. Aircraft entered another spin at 3,500 feet before diving into the ground.

Crew:
Sqn/Leader (P/1801) Antoni Robert MAJCHERCZYK DFC (Polish Test Pilot) A&AEE - killed

Probate was granted at London, England on 20th December, 1946 in the death of Antoni Robert Majcherczyk. The Probate details show that Antoni Majcherczyk lived at The Crest, Countess Road, Amesbury, Wiltshire, and died at Porton Ranges near Idmiston. Administration was granted to Zofia Majercherczyk, his widow – Effects £761 7s. 4d.

Idmiston is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Amesbury and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the villages of Porton and Gomeldon; all three villages are on the River Bourne and are linked by the A338 road.

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2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.175
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1988 p 19)
4. https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=175
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6. http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Durrington/Durrington%20-%20War%20Graves%20at%20Durrington%20Cemetery%20A.%20R.%20Majcherczyk%20-%20Polish.pdf
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/7503892/majcherczyk,-antoni/
8. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
9. https://listakrzystka.pl/en/majcherczyk-antoni-robert/
10. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/28/W2350: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578196
11. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Majcherczyk [Polish Wikipedia, Polish text)
12. https://www.polishairforce.pl/majcherczyk.html
13. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=28275
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idmiston

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Aug-2013 21:07	Nepa	Added
10-Feb-2018 11:11	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Jul-2019 06:29	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
15-Nov-2019 18:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
15-Nov-2019 19:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
22-Nov-2019 00:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
01-Jul-2021 17:13	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jul-2021 23:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Source]
28-Jul-2021 23:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, Category]
21-May-2023 08:04	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Category]]
19-Jun-2023 19:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Category]]]