KN593
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- September 8, 1945Accident
Few minutes after takeoff from Hmwabi Airbase, while climbing, the aircraft flew through cumulonimbus, went out of control and crashed in a field. All 41 occupants, among them 37 wounded soldiers transferred back home after being released by Japanese troops, were killed. Crew (117 Squadron): W/Cdr Arthur James Samson, F/Sgt Kenneth Harold Goad, F/Lt Bernard Bridge, F/Sgt Derek Batsman, F/Lt James Forties Cuthbert, F/O Thomas Watkin Humphrys, F/O John Dundee Lorimer, F/Sgt Bruce Ellis, S/Ldr Robe