On 12th January 1951 the pilot of this aircraft took off for a high altitude training flight with instruction to fly at 30,000ft within a radius of 50 to 75 miles of his base of Driffield, Yorkshire. The aircraft took off from Driffield at around 12.45hrs. Around thirty minutes later it was heard flying in the Ulpha area of Cumbria in cloud, it was then seen by a farmer to come out of the mist in a steep dive and to crash in a field near Swinside Farm, a couple of miles west of Duddon Bridge, and explode. The pilot was sadly killed in the crash. Why the aircraft crashed or why it it was being flown beyond the 75 mile radius of Driffield was not properly determined at the pilot's inquest.

Pilot - Sgt Brian James Cundall RAF (4034487), aged 23, of Radlett, Hertfordshire. Buried Driffield Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Brian Cundall was the son of Lt.Col. Herbert Ayres Cundall M.C. and Mrs Madge Cundall, of Radlett, Hertfordshire. His father Herbert Ayres Cundall served in the South Stafffordshire Regiment during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross for his actions at Bullecourt on 12th May 1917. The citation for his award, printed in the London Gazette on 20th July 1917 stated it was awarded "For conspiciuous gallantry and devotion during an attack, when, although severely wounded, he continued to lead his men on with great bravery until wounded a second time. He has on previous occasions done fine work". He joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corp in 1939.