Date:	Tuesday 12 July 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Hunter F1
Owner/operator:	43 (China-British) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WT581
MSN:	41H-665432
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile WNW of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL)
Destination airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WT581: First flown 3/2/54. Delivered to the RAF at 5 MU RAF Kemble 5/8/54. Reportedly served (very briefly) with 222 Squadron, RAF before being taken on charge on 7/12/54 with 43 Squadron as "S"

Written off (destroyed) 12/7/55: Ran out of fuel at the end of an air test including aerobatics and manual landings. Crashed 1 mile west north west of Leuchars after the engine cut on final approach.
Crew:
F/O (3045196) Alan Mackillop Watkinson (pilot) RAF - ejected too low (at 250 - 500 feet) did not separate from the seat, and was killed

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.172 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 96)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.144
4. The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron By Jimmy Bedle
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20160324100552/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/BASES_RAF/Leuchars/raf_leuchars.htm
6. http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project/year_pages/1955.htm
7. https://dunsfoldairfield.org/tag/hunter/
8, http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
9. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/72506-hunter-f1-or-f4-of-43-and-222-sqns/&tab=comments#comment-797050

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jan-2009 11:55	ASN archive	Added
03-Dec-2011 14:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Jan-2012 09:55	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
23-May-2020 22:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
23-May-2020 22:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport]
10-Jul-2023 11:25	Nepa	Updated [[Departure airport, Destination airport]]