Date & Time:
Mar 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Blackburn B-26 Botha
Operator:
Registration:
W5154
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Demonstration
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tranwell - Tranwell
MSN:
3291/37
YOM:
1941
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Due to the deterioration of the weather conditions with low ceiling, operations were suspended in the morning at RAF Tranwell. But the Air Vice Marshall was paying a visit, so it was decided to give demonstration flights. After takeoff, while climbing to an altitude of 1,200 feet, the airplane collided with a second RAF Blackburn B-26 Botha registered W5137 and that was carrying five crew members. Involved in the same demonstration exercise, this airplane was approaching to land when the collision occurred. Both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed near the airbase. All nine occupants in both airplanes were killed, among them four Dutch cadets.
Crew:
Maj Stanisław Zygmunt Zarski, pilot,
Ac1 Tomasz Rzeznikiewicz,
Lac Frank Lester Beresford, air gunner,
Cdt Daniel Johannes Kooij.
Crew:
Maj Stanisław Zygmunt Zarski, pilot,
Ac1 Tomasz Rzeznikiewicz,
Lac Frank Lester Beresford, air gunner,
Cdt Daniel Johannes Kooij.
