Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George

On April 5, 1950 at 10:00 PM, Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George experienced a crash involving Vickers 619 Wellington X, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Horam East Sussex.

The flight was categorized as training 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 technical failure. The aircraft left RAF Middleton Saint George at 1845LT on a night navigation exercice. At 2137LT, the crew informed ground that the mission was uneventful until this time. Twenty-three minutes later, the aircraft went into a dive. At an altitude of 1,000 feet, it partially disintegrated and eventually crashed in a pasture. All four crew members were killed. Crew: S. J. Murdoch, pilot, F/Lt W. A. Ryde, navigator, F/Lt H. Seiman, navigator, Sig A. E. Bazen.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC615.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.9322°, 0.2505°.