Hmm... my post in answer yesterday seems to have disappeared so here again
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=17475
Date: 20-APR-1947 Time:
Type: Gloster Meteor F.4 Owner/operator: Gloster Aircraft PTP
Registration: RA394 C/n / msn:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: RAF Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire - United Kingdom
Phase: En route Nature: Test
Departure airport: RAF Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Narrative: 22/04/1947 One engine failed in a steep dive and the pilot had great difficulty in handling the landing approach, finally stalling whilst climbing to avoid a tree.
Crew: Lt J. Bridge (test pilot) RN - killed
Sources:
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co...try.php?id=114
No wonder there is confusion as the date is first given as 20 April then the Narrative states 22nd.. presumably where you're question arises?
Possibly the "PTP" reference is for Production Test Pilot/Prototype?
Clarifies pilots initial and Service.
Unlikely to be a CWGC entry as not attributable to enemy action.
No "Bridges" show as a Named post War casualty, nor by Date, in naval history net so presume he may have been in a civilian capacity?