Vickers Valetta crash, Jan 6, 1954 (16 killed), Aldbury H...
Vickers Valetta accident on January 6, 1954 near Aldbury Hertfordshire, United Kingdom with 16 fatalities. Cause: The cause was not established. Height...
- Date: January 6, 1954
- Aircraft: Vickers Valetta
- Location: Aldbury Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The cause was not established. Height was lost during a left turn shortly after take off in snow.
A Vickers Valetta of No. 2 Air Navigation School, RAF, took off from Bovingdon in snow with poor visibility. During a left turn after climbing to about 400 feet it struck trees near Aldbury, Hertfordshire, and crashed. Sixteen people were killed and one passenger was seriously injured.