Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II crash, Jun 7, 1942 (11 killed)
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II accident on June 7, 1942 near Welsh Bicknor Herefordshire, United Kingdom with 11 fatalities. Cause: Improper engine...
- Date: June 7, 1942
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
- Location: Welsh Bicknor Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Improper engine maintenance left a tappet valve lock nut loose, the valve broke, and the fuel air mixture ignited and spread the fire to the fuel tanks.
Halifax II V9977 of the Telecommunications Research Establishment, carrying H2S radar test equipment and an EMI engineering team, crashed near Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire, on 7 June 1942 after an engine fire. All eleven aboard were killed, including the engineer Alan Blumlein.