L7924

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • October 16, 1940Accident

    The crew was performing a training flight from Cottesmore to Carlisle. Just after starting the descent in poor visibility, the twin engine aircraft hit a tree and crashed onto a hill side located near Gilling West, northeast of Richmond. All five crew members were killed. Crew (14th OTU): Sgt Sidney John Howard, pilot, Sgt Arthur Hurst, pilot, Sgt Stanley Robert Sumner, pilot, Sgt Thomas Huntley Todd, wireless operator, Sgt Cyril Murray, wireless operator and air gunner. Probable cause (officia

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