Le Touquet – Croydon

On December 11, 1950 at 12:00 AM, Le Touquet – Croydon experienced a crash involving Avro 652 Anson, operated by Private Australian, with the event recorded near Le Touquet Pas-de-Calais.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Crashed on takeoff at Le Touquet Airport for unknown reason. Both occupants were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The aircraft was already damaged in a wheels-up landing near Cranbrook, Kent, after an engine failure over the English Channel on February 6, 1950. It suffered a second accident on November 18, 1950 near Boulogne, France.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-BDX.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.7255°, 3.1872°.