Crash of a Vickers 607 Valetta C.1 in RAF Benson: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VX559
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Benson - Benson
YOM:
1950
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in a local training sortie at RAF Benson. Shortly after takeoff from runway 01, while in initial climb by night and poor weather conditions, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a field located two miles north of the airfield. All three crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, the weather conditions were considered as marginal with low clouds and rain falls.
Probable cause:
It is reported that the loss of control was caused by a double engine failure due to a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford T.2 off Inverness: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V4192
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Inverness - Inverness
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was performing a local training sortie at Inverness (RAF Dalcross) Airport. During a third approach procedure, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and plunged into the Moray Firth, few hundred yards off shore. The aircraft was lost and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
P/O John Alfred Rogers.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the loss of control was probably the result of a bird(s) strike.

Crash of a Vickers 658 Viking Mk.1 at RAF Odiham: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VL266
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Odiham - Odiham
MSN:
171
YOM:
1948
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Odiham, Hampshire. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase with one engine voluntarily inoperative, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field. Both crew members were killed, among them a RAAF Officer.

Crash of a Beechcraft D18 Expeditor 3TM in Redberry Lake: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1599
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Saskatoon - Saskatoon
MSN:
A-787
YOM:
1952
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft departed Saskatoon that day with two other similar airplanes for a training mission on behalf of the 1st RCAF Advanced Training School. On board were three crew members, one instructor and two student pilots. While flying at a very low height, the aircraft struck the water surface and crashed in the Redberry Lake, about 65 km northwest of Saskatoon Airport. The plane was totally submerged and just one of the airmen had managed to swim to a sandbar. Both other pilots remained in the cabin and were killed. The plane was eventually located and brought to shore where it was trucked away for investigation. It is believed that a propeller(s) came in contact with the lake surface.

Crash of a Douglas C-47D in Ellington AFB

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1952
Operator:
Registration:
44-76273
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Ellington - Ellington
MSN:
15857/32605
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crash landed for unknown reason. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Douglas A-26B-61-DL Invader in Plum Tree Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-34599
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Langley - Langley
MSN:
27878
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie from Langley AFB when a structural failure occurred in flight. The airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in the Plum Tree Island Reserve. All four crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Structural failure in flight.

Crash of a Casa 2.111 in Villarrubia

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Córdoba - Córdoba
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight out from Córdoba Airport when an engine failed. The pilot-in-command completed an emergency landing in a field located in Villarrubia, about 5 km from the airfield. All five crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford T.2 at RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
EB746
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local training sortie at RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. On final approach, while making a steep turn at low height, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field. The pilot was killed.

Crash of a Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress off Recife: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1952 at 1300 LT
Operator:
Registration:
579
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Recife - Recife
MSN:
8488
YOM:
1944
Country:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
While conducting a local training sortie from Recife-Guararapes Airport, the four engine aircraft collided with a FAB North American AT-6 Texan registered 1555 and carrying two pilots. Following the collision, both aircraft crashed into the sea about 5 km off shore. Two crew members on board the Boeing were rescued while eight other occupants in both aircraft were killed. The exact circumstances of the collision remains unknown.

Ground accident of a Vickers 619 Wellington X in RAF Lichfield

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PF966
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lichfield - Lichfield
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Hit a building with one of its wings while taxiing at RAF Lichfield. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.