Boscombe-Down - Defford

On July 2, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Boscombe-Down - Defford experienced a crash involving Avro 694 Lincoln, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Wylye Wiltshire.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a test flight from RAF Boscombe Down to RAF Defford on behalf of the A & AEE. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to a height of 3,500 feet with the propeller of the engine number one feathered and the number two running at low speed, the aircraft stalled, went into a dive and crashed in a field located in Wylye, about 10 miles west of RAF Boscombe Down. All four crew members were killed. Crew: S/L A. Toot, F/Lt A. G. Bradfield, F/O G. W. Williams, P. W. Howes.

Aircraft reference details include registration RF560.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.1489°, -1.9947°.