Hemswell - Hemswell

On September 24, 1947 at 12:00 AM, Hemswell - Hemswell experienced a crash involving Avro 694 Lincoln, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Mautby Norfolk.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was completing a night training sortie from RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire. While cruising northwest of Great Yarmouth, the crew encountered very poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and heavy turbulence. The aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Mautby. All nine crew members were killed. Crew (97th Squadron): F/Lt Stanley Frederick Whitlock, pilot, F/Lt Jack Anthony Guest, pilot, F/Lt John George Cook, navigator, F/Lt Ronald Vernon Havard, navigator and bomb aimer, Albert Wattleworth, signaler, Vincent Orville Woods, air gunner, William Allison, flight engineer, Roy Andrew Trundle, air gunner, LAC Denis Frederick Cummings.

Aircraft reference details include registration RE373.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.6365°, 1.6572°.