Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V crash, Jan 8, 1944 (10 killed)
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V accident on January 8, 1944 near Tempsford AFB Bedfordshire, United Kingdom with 10 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft...
- Date: January 8, 1944
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
- Location: Tempsford AFB Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft crashed short of the runway while on final approach after an engine failure.
A No. 138 Squadron RAF Halifax V, serial LK743, returning to RAF Tempsford from an agent drop over Belgium, crashed at Tetworth Hill, Bedfordshire, on the night of 7 and 8 January 1944. All ten occupants were killed.