Zone
Sussex

Crash of a Blackburn B-101 Beverley C.1 off Chichester: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1962
Type of aircraft:
Blackburn B-101 Beverley
Operator:
Registration:
XL132
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
1033
YOM:
1957
Location:
Chichester
Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training mission on behalf of the 242nd OCU based at RAF Thorney Island. In flight, an engine caught fire and the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in the Chichester harbor. Both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control following an engine fire in flight.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24H-15-CF Liberator in Chichester: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 11, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
41-29481
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Chichester
Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Lavenham on a bombing mission over Troyes, France. In the target area, the bomber aircraft was hit by Flak but the pilot was able to leave the combat zone and to fly back to UK. However, en route, he realize he would be unable to reach his departure point so the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a wasteland in Chichester. All eight crew members were rescued while three people on the ground, among them a 13 years old girl, were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Chichester: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 23, 1931
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Registration:
K1838
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tangmere – Uxbridge
MSN:
1588
YOM:
1930
Location:
Chichester
Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from RAF Tangmere, outbound for RAF Uxbridge, the airplane collided with an RAF Armstrong Whitworth Siskin registered J8893. While the pilot of the Siskin was able to land, the Moth entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the Seahurst Park near Chichester. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
AVM Felton Vesey Holt,
F/Lt Henry Michael Moody.
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