Faldingworth - Faldingworth

On February 4, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Faldingworth - Faldingworth experienced a crash involving Avro 683 Lancaster, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Wigston Leicestershire.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. While overflying Wigston in very poor weather conditions, the aircraft went out of control and spiraled into the ground. During the descent, the aircraft disintegrated in the air and crashed in the city of Wigston. Debris were found on a large area and several houses were damaged. While there were no casualties on the ground, all six crew members were killed. Crew (300th Squadron): W/Cdr R. Sulinski, pilot, F/O W. Jedrzejczyk, navigator, F/O C. Sulgut, air gunner, W/O W. Brzezinski, wireless operator, W/O M. Szwandt, air bomber, F/Sgt F. Mikula, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration PA269.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.5863°, -1.1059°.