Brooklands – Digby

On January 12, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Brooklands – Digby experienced a crash involving Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Westwoodside South Yorkshire.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 75.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Brooklands Airport on a night delivery flight to Digby. On board were four crew members and the aircraft was coming out from the Vickers-Armstrong facilities at Brooklands Airport. En route, the crew apparently lost his orientation. The pilot reduced his altitude when the aircraft struck a bank and crashed in an open field. A crew member was injured while three others were killed. Crew: F/Lt Geoffrey Maynard Edward Shaw, † P/O John Edward Furlong Chapman, † F/Sgt Alfred George Rogers, † AC1 Cecil Alfred James Jones.

Aircraft reference details include registration F9178.