WF426

On April 26, 1955 at 03:00 PM, WF426 experienced a crash involving Vickers Varsity, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Vicq Nord.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 500.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 4.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Parked at RAF Thorney Island, West Sussex, the aircraft was stolen by Manik Agnani, a 22 years old mechanic from the RAF who did not held any pilot licence. Hew flew over the London area for more than three hours and then changed his route and flew to the south, over The Channel and then to France. Shortly past midnight, he lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in flames onto a house located in Vicq, about 9 km northeast of Valenciennes. The pilot was killed and four people in the house as well, two old people and two young girls aged 9 and 10.

Aircraft reference details include registration WF426, MSN 569, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.4149°, 3.6087°.