Witchford - Witchford

On November 11, 1947 at 12:00 AM, Witchford - Witchford experienced a crash involving Avro 683 Lancaster, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Buckenham Norfolk.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 87.5%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a training sortie with other similar aircraft and De Havilland DH.103 Hornet as well. Enroute, the aircraft collided with a Hornet and both aircraft dove into the ground. During the dive, the captain of the Lancaster was able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a field, killing all seven other occupants from the 35th and 115th Squadron. The Hornet's pilot was killed as well.

Aircraft reference details include registration TW647.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.5977°, 1.4702°.