Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Aug 11, 1942 (11 killed)

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on August 11, 1942 near Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Denbighshire, United Kingdom with 11 fatalities.

The USAAF B 17 41-9098 of the 97th Bomb Group flew from RAF Polebrook to Burtonwood and struck the eastern side of the Berwyn ridge in Wales. All 11 aboard were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.

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