Date & Time:
May 19, 1933
Type of aircraft:
Avro 504
Operator:
Registration:
J8676
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Sealand - Sealand
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a local solo training sortie at RAF Sealand. On approach, in circumstances that remains unclear, the aircraft collided with another RAF Avro 504N registered J8533 with two pilots on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield. One crew on board J8533 survived while both other crew members were killed.
Crew involved:
F/Lt Murray Meyrick Restell-Little, †
P/O John Frederick Napier Fairbanks, †
P/O Patrick Hunter Dunn.
Crew involved:
F/Lt Murray Meyrick Restell-Little, †
P/O John Frederick Napier Fairbanks, †
P/O Patrick Hunter Dunn.
