Northolt – Glasgow

On February 19, 1949 at 09:45 AM, Northolt – Glasgow experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by British European Airways - BEA, with the event recorded near Exhall Warwickshire.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 10 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: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising in VFR mode over the region of Coventry at an altitude of 4,500 feet, the C-47 collided with a RAF Avro Anson registered VV243 and carrying four pilots under training. Following the collision, both aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in Exhall, north of Coventry. All 14 occupants in both aircraft were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AHCW, MSN 13308, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.4633°, -1.4813°.