Digby - Digby

On August 17, 1928 at 12:00 AM, Digby - Digby experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.9, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Digby Lincolnshire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training flight at Digby Airport. While flying in the vicinity of the airfield, the airplane collided with a RAF Avro 504N registered J9016 and carrying one pilot. Following the collision, both aircraft entered a dive and crashed in a field. All three crew members were killed. Crew: F/O Alfred Rodney Feather, P/O Bertrand Guy d'Olier.

Aircraft reference details include registration J7795.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.0788°, -0.3624°.