Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Jan 7, 1944 (6 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on January 7, 1944 near Peterborough Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom with 6 fatalities. Cause: A mid air structural...
- Date: January 7, 1944
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Peterborough Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A mid air structural failure brought the aircraft down.
A USAAF Boeing B 17F (42-29821) of the 351st Bomb Group crashed near Whaplode Drove, north of Peterborough, on 7 January 1944 after a mid air structural failure. Six of the ten crew were killed and four were injured.