Upwood - Upwood

On November 3, 1949 at 12:00 AM, Upwood - Upwood experienced a crash involving Avro 683 Lancaster, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Selsey West Sussex.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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 night training exercice called 'Bullseye', consisting of an in flight interception of a RAF Mosquito. While flying by night over The Channel, both aircraft collided and crashed into the sea about 8 miles south of Selsey. All seven crew members were killed as well as both pilots on board the Mosquito registered RL116. Crew (148th Squadron): F/O Jack Oldham, pilot Donald McUsbie McCall, navigator, William Meldrum, navigator, Lyndon Harold Stevens, flight engineer, Eric George Clarke, signaler, Sydney Arthur Mason, gunner, Cyril James Chapman, gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration TW908.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.7328°, -0.7923°.