4 fatalities

Training aircraft crash in Southwold kills four crew members (6711)

Fingal AFB, CanadaFlight

On August 1, 1944, an Avro 652 Anson (registration 6711) operated by Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF was involved in an aviation accident near Fingal AFB, Canada in flight. 4 people were killed. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The aircraft went out of control during a training cruise north of RCAF Fingal, leading to an unrecoverable crash into a field in Southwold. This summary draws on records from the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A); 8 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.

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A twin-engine trainer crashed into a field near RCAF Fingal during a training exercise north of the base, resulting in the deaths of all four personnel on board.

What happened

The incident occurred while the flight crew was conducting a standard training maneuver in the vicinity of RCAF Fingal. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was cruising at an altitude north of the airbase. During this phase of the flight, the twin-engine machine suddenly lost stability and went out of control. The pilot was unable to recover the aircraft from the unstable attitude, leading to a crash in an agricultural field located in Southwold.

The impact resulted in the immediate loss of all personnel on board. There were no survivors among the four individuals who were part of the training exercise. The crew consisted of a pilot, an instructor, and two students undergoing specific air bomber training. All four members were killed in the crash.

Probable cause

The aircraft went out of control during a training cruise north of RCAF Fingal, leading to an unrecoverable crash into a field in Southwold.