On 10th July 1951 the pilot of this No.205 Advanced Flying School aircraft was on a training flight with the pilot undertaking a series of high speed runs at height. During the exercise the aircraft dived into the ground at 11.53hrs in the Clapham area, on Burn Moor to the south-west of Keasden. The site is just inside what was then the West Riding of Yorkshire, on high ground in the Forest of Bowland. Although never confirmed it was thought that the pilot had suffered the effects of annoxia and lost control of the aircraft but it was never fully understood. This accident occurred in very similar circumstances to that of Meteor VT239 which crashed in the same area only weeks previously and sadly the pilot was also killed in this incident.

Pilot - P/O John Valentine RAF (4039629), aged 25. Buried Methilmill Cemetery, Buckhaven, Fife.