Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Dec 10, 1944 (11 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on December 10, 1944 near Beinn Nuis Hill (Isle of Arran) Ayrshire, United Kingdom with 11 fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: December 10, 1944
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Beinn Nuis Hill (Isle of Arran) Ayrshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew descended through poor weather toward Prestwick without using the radio navigation aids available at the air station, and the aircraft struck the cliffs of Beinn Nuis.
A B 17G of the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, on a cross country navigation flight from Knettishall to Prestwick struck granite cliffs on Beinn Nuis, Isle of Arran, on 10 December 1944. All 11 aboard were killed.