| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 January 1947 |
| Summary | Loss of control |
| Site | Croydon Airport 51°21′11″N 0°07′01″W / 51.353°N 0.117°W |
| Total fatalities | 12 |
| Total survivors | 13 |
| First aircraft | |
| Type | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| Operator | Spencer Airways |
| Registration | VP-YFD.[Note 1] |
| Flight origin | Croydon Airport |
| Stopover | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy |
| Destination | Salisbury, Rhodesia |
| Passengers | 18 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Survivors | 11 |
| Second aircraft | |
| Type | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| Operator | ČSA |
| Registration | OK-WDB |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 |
The 1947 Croydon Dakota accident occurred on 25 January 1947 when a Spencer Airways Douglas C-47A Skytrain (Dakota) [Note 2] failed to get airborne from Croydon Airport near London, and crashed into a parked and empty ČSA Douglas C-47 destroying both aircraft and killing 11 passengers and one crew member.[1][2][3]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation, named the dead as: Sisters Rousselot, Lester and Martin, of La Sagesse Convent, London, N.W.; Mr. and Mrs. Cond and their two children; Miss Cecilia Beckett, Mr. Mervyn Frazer, Mrs. Warren, of Dublin, Mr. Schauder and Captain E. Spencer.
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