Accident
A Royal Air Force training sortie ended in a crash on approach to RAF Halton. The aircraft was returning to the base from the northwest with one engine inoperative. While at a height of 50 feet, the aircraft stalled and entered a near-vertical descent, impacting the ground in a field located one mile northwest of Aylesbury. The impact destroyed the aircraft and killed all six occupants.
Occupants
The crew consisted of six Royal Air Force personnel. The pilot was Wing Commander Richard James Millet Bangay. The other crew members were Corporal Cyril Alan Parfett, Aircraftman 1st Class G. A. Richardson, Aircraftman 1st Class J. Montgomery, Aircraftman 1st Class M. G. Prince, and Aircraftman 2nd Class J. Hendry.