Date:	Tuesday 1 March 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Anson Mk I
Owner/operator:	S of ATC RAF
Registration:	EG251
MSN:	FDY-E
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Uffington, Berkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Watchfield, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Watchfield, Oxfordshire

Narrative:
Avro Anson Mk. I EG251/'FDY-E', School of Air Traffic Control, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1-3-49 in a mid-air collision over Uffington, Berkshire

The pilot was sole person on board this Anson (EG251) and was completing a combined exercise with a second Avro Anson (NK380) which was carrying one pilot as well. Both crew were involved in an ATC school exercise. In flight, the pilot of the first Avro (EG251) started a turn when it collided with the second aircraft. Both airplanes went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in Uffington, Berkshire. Both aircraft were destroyed and both pilots were killed.
Crew of Anson NG251:
P.I Warrant Officer (793176) Franciszek RYBARCZYK DFM (Pol.pilot) RAF - killed on active service 1-3-49

Cause: It was determined that the pilot of EG251 started a turn without knowing the exact position of the second aircraft that he collided with (NK380)

Uffington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Farringdon and 6 miles (10 km) west of Wantage. It was originally in the county of Berkshire, but under the Local Government Act 1972 it was transferred for local government purposes to Oxfordshire. The Uffington White Horse hill figure is on the Berkshire Downs on the south side of the parish

1.Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.481
3. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 93)
4. School of Air Traffic Control ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-1-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1808: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101518
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mid-air_collisions_and_incidents_in_the_United_Kingdom#1940s
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-uffington-1-killed
7. https://listakrzystka.pl/en/rybarczyk-franciszek/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffington,_Oxfordshire

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
06-May-2017 19:57	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
19-Oct-2019 20:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source]
02-Nov-2019 17:45	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
20-Mar-2021 17:59	Anon.	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport]