RE374

On September 26, 1949 at 12:00 AM, RE374 experienced a crash involving Avro 694 Lincoln, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Staythorpe Nottinghamshire.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a training mission called 'Operation Bulldog' consisting of an aerial attack of a target located outside the city of Staythorpe. While approaching the target on the north of the city at low height, the aircraft collided with a second RAF Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 registered RF407 and carrying also a crew of seven. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field, killing all 14 crew members. Crew (57th Squadron): F/Lt John Shorthouse, pilot, Henry Richardson, pilot, Charles Denis Kirby, flight engineer, Albert Henry James Mitchell, navigator, Philip Edward Pattullo, gunner, John Edwin Conway Simpson, signaler, Edwards Charles Talbot, gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration RE374.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.0779°, -0.8774°.