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

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

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Jan-2021 16:21	Dr. John Smith	Added
08-Jan-2021 16:49	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]