Date:	Thursday 15 January 1953
Time:	04:48
Type:	Vickers Valetta C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VX562
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1950
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 230
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19
Other fatalities:	7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	46 km SW off Agrigento, Italy -   Mediterranean Sea
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Valetta VX562 departed Malta on a flight to the U.K. Over sea an RAF Lancaster GR.3 (TX270) was engaged in a anti-submarine exercise. Both aircraft probably collided at an altitude of 1500 feet in poor visibility conditions which included heavy rain and hail.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
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