Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash, Mar 31, 1945 (4 killed)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress accident on March 31, 1945 near Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom with 4 fatalities. Cause: The B 17 stalled...
- Date: March 31, 1945
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Location: Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The B 17 stalled after a violent avoiding maneuver or the impact damage and plunged into the ground.
A USAAF B 17 on a local training flight from Bovingdon collided in the traffic pattern with a C 47 on 31 March 1945 and crashed into the ground. All four aboard were killed.