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Date: | Friday 19 January 1951 |
Time: | dusk |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 43 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VZ469 |
MSN: | G5/361643 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | NE of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
Destination airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 VZ469, 43 Squadron, RAF: delivered 27/7/1950. Written off 19/1/1951: The aircraft struck the ground north east of RAF Leuchars, Fife while returning from a sortie at a low level and at dusk, in fading light. The pilot was killed.
Crew of Meteor VZ469
Flying Officer Malcolm Frederick DANTON, RAF (pilot, Service Number 607009) - killed on active service 19/1/1951
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.110 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.108
4. The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron By Jimmy Beedle p.325
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_from_1945#1950s Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jan-2021 16:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
08-Jan-2021 16:49 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |