Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II crash, Oct 5, 1943 (5 killed)
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II accident on October 5, 1943 near Edale Derbyshire, United Kingdom with 5 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft flew into the...
- Date: October 5, 1943
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
- Location: Edale Derbyshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft flew into the ground in cloud while almost out of fuel, after its radio had failed.
Halifax II HR727 of 51 Squadron, returning from a raid on Frankfurt with its port inner engine on fire and its fuel tanks damaged, flew into the ground on Blackden Edge near Edale in cloud on 5 October 1943. Five crew were killed.