PB373

On February 21, 1946 at 11:20 AM, PB373 experienced a crash involving Avro 683 Lancaster, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Leamington Spa Warwickshire.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 crew was completing a test flight when the aircraft exploded in the air, disintegrated and eventually crashed in a field. All six occupants were killed. Crew (115th Squadron): F/Lt John Douglas Cantrell, pilot, F/Sgt Donald Frederick Payne, flight engineer, F/Lt Frederick Reginald Berry, air bomber, F/Sgt Maurice John Newman, navigator, F/Sgt Dennis William Crutchley, wireless operator and air gunner, F/Sgt Ronald Stedman, air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration PB373.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.2913°, -1.5364°.