Castle Bromwich - Castle Bromwich

On September 2, 1928 at 12:00 AM, Castle Bromwich - Castle Bromwich experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.9, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Great Glen Leicestershire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot, sole on board, departed Castle Bromwich on a training mission. While making a sharp turn, he lost control of the airplane that stalled, entered a dive and crashed in a field. The pilot P/O George Herbert Aldridge was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration J8107.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.5731°, -1.0323°.