1949 Exhall mid-air collision

Aviation incident in England May 2011 January 2021 19 February 1949 Mid-air collision Exhall, Warwickshire, United Kingdom 52.468 N 1.511 W region:GB inline,title 14 0 Douglas Dakota Douglas C-47A G-AHCY BEA RWY 03.08.49 edited-2.jpg A Douglas Dakota, similar to the aircraft involved British European Airways G-AHCW Northolt Airport, England, United Kingdom Glasgow-Renfrew Airport, Scotland, United Kingdom 6 4 0 10 0 Avro Anson T21 Avro Anson - Season Premiere 2018 (27149950447).jpg A Avro Anson T21, similar to the accident aircraft Royal Air Force VV243 RAF Middleton St. George, United Kingdom RAF Middleton St. George, United Kingdom 0 4 0 4 0 The Exhall mid-air collision happened on Saturday 19 February 1949 over the village of Exhall when a British European Airways Douglas DC-3 / Douglas Dakota collided in clear weather with a Royal Air Force Avro Anson T21. The Dakota was on a flight from Northolt Airport near London to Glasgow-Renfrew Airport in Scotland. With a crew of four it was carrying six passengers, and had taken off from Northolt at 09:13. The Royal Air Force Avro Anson T21 was being operated by No. 2 Air Navigation School on a cross-country training exercise from RAF Middleton St. George to Chatteris, in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. It had departed at 8:09, and carried a captain, wireless operator, instructor, and a flight student. At about 10:00, the two aircraft collided at 4500 ft near the village of Exhall, near Coventry in Warwickshire. Witnesses to the accident reported that the Avro struck the Dakota at the root of the airliner's right wing, which was then broken off. Upon colliding, an explosion destroyed both aircraft and flaming debris fell to the ground. The wreckage fell near an old peoples' home, the Exhall Lodge Hospital, narrowly missing it. Falling debris landed on rooftops, farms, and roadways, but there were no injuries on the ground. There were no survivors. Although the weather at the time of the crash was clear, the accident investigation concluded that the crew of neither aircraft saw each other, possibly due to glare from the sun, and blamed the accident on a failure on the part of both captains to keep a proper look-out for other aircraft. References 19490219-0 14 Killed in Air Crash News 21 February 1949 2 51311 D Civil Aviation News:Dakota-Anson Collision Flight 24 February 1949 231 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%200355.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121102113154/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%200355.html 2 November 2012 dead Civil Aviation News:Dakota-Anson Collision Flight 6 October 1949 471–472 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%201707.html?tracked=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20121102113127/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%201707.html?tracked=1 2 November 2012 dead https://www.newspapers.com/image/913996827 Newspapers.com The Roanoke Times Roanoke, Virginia 20 February 1949 1 United Press Air Collision Takes 14 Lives Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in England Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1949 Category:Accidents and incidents involving Royal Air Force aircraft Category:Mid-air collisions in the United Kingdom Category:Mid-air collisions involving airliners Category:Mid-air collisions involving military aircraft Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Douglas C-47 Skytrain 19490219 Category:1949 in England Category:1949 disasters in the United Kingdom Category:February 1949 in the United Kingdom Category:Airliner accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom