Noorduyn Norseman crash, Dec 15, 1944 (3 killed), English...
Noorduyn Norseman accident on December 15, 1944 near English Channel, World with 3 fatalities. Cause: The Eighth Air Force Board of Inquiry cited a...
- Date: December 15, 1944
- Aircraft: Noorduyn Norseman
- Location: English Channel, World
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The Eighth Air Force Board of Inquiry cited a combination of human error, mechanical failure and weather.
The Noorduyn UC 64A Norseman left RAF Twinwood Farm near Bedford on 15 December 1944 with Glenn Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Norman Baessell and its pilot aboard, bound for France. It was declared missing that day and never found. An Eighth Air Force Board of Inquiry concluded in January 1945 that it went down over the English Channel.