Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow crash, Oct 6, 1938 (5 killed)
Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow accident on October 6, 1938 near Dungeness Kent, United Kingdom with 5 fatalities. Cause: A lightning strike is believed to...
- Date: October 6, 1938
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow
- Location: Dungeness Kent, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A lightning strike is believed to have caused the loss.
Harrow K6971 of 215 Squadron left RAF Honington on a night exercise over the English Channel. It was lost in a storm and crashed into the sea off Dungeness in Kent. No trace of the aircraft or its five crew was ever found.