Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh

On May 24, 1919 at 12:00 AM, Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.6, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Aldeburgh Suffolk.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Aldeburgh. At a height of about 300 feet, the single engine airplane collided with a second RAF DH.6 registered C7829 and also carrying two pilots. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield. Both pilots on board C7829 were killed while both pilots on board C6861 were seriously injured. One of them died two days later. Crew (1st MOS): Lt A. G. Wyatt, † Sgt L. D. Adock.

Aircraft reference details include registration C6861.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.1524°, 1.6016°.