London-Gatwick – Marville

On December 30, 1963 at 12:00 AM, London-Gatwick – Marville experienced a crash involving Bristol 170 Freighter, operated by Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF, with the event recorded near Marville AFB Meuse.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 72.7%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

While on approach to Marville AFB, the airplane crashed in the Montmédy forest, few km north of the runway 12 threshold. Eight occupants were killed while three others were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9697, MSN 12830, year of manufacture 1947.