Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax III crash, Mar 21, 1944 (9 killed)
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax III accident on March 21, 1944 near Bournemouth Dorset, United Kingdom with 9 fatalities. Cause: The cause is recorded as...
- Date: March 21, 1944
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax III
- Location: Bournemouth Dorset, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The cause is recorded as mechanical failure soon after takeoff.
Halifax JP137 of No 3 Overseas Aircraft Dispatch Unit left RAF Hurn on a ferry flight to Morocco on 21 March 1944. Soon after takeoff it suffered a mechanical failure and crashed in a residential area of Moordown, Bournemouth. All seven crew and two residents on the ground were killed.