G-AFFM

On November 20, 1939 at 12:00 AM, G-AFFM experienced a crash involving Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, operated by British Airways, with the event recorded near Gosport Hampshire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 performing a training flight from Heston when flying in the region of Gosport, the twin engine aircraft collided with the moorings of a balloon. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion. Both pilots were killed. Crew: Arthur George Nicholson, pilot, Arthur Edward Eady, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AFFM, MSN 75, year of manufacture 1938.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.7952°, -1.1211°.