RP320

On October 14, 1950 at 12:00 AM, RP320 experienced a crash involving Vickers 619 Wellington X, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Margate Kent.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was taking part to a night exercice called 'Emperor'. While cruising over the Thames estuary, the Wellington collided with a Belgian Air Force De Havilland Mosquito registered MM757 and carrying a crew of two. Both aircraft dove into the sea and crashed about 5 miles off Reculver. All seven crew members on both aircraft were killed. Crew from Wellington: Sgt Allan Warboys, F/Sgt Arthur Gordon Goodfellow, Cdt Alan Frederick George Marshall, Cdt Alister MacIntosh Dougall, Sgt George Stanley Stansby. Crew from Mosquito: Cpt Christian Henrard, Sgt Joseph Tytgat.

Aircraft reference details include registration RP320.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3878°, 1.3820°.