Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax V crash, Mar 22, 1944 (3 killed)
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax V accident on March 22, 1944 near Chesterfield-Spirit of St Louis Derbyshire, United Kingdom with 3 fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: March 22, 1944
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax V
- Location: Chesterfield-Spirit of St Louis Derbyshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The port inner engine failed and could not be feathered. The aircraft was partly abandoned and came down.
Halifax V LK930 of 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit lost its port inner engine, which could not be feathered, and came down between Scarcliffe and Palterton, Derbyshire, on 22 March 1944. Three crew were killed.