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The aircraft was on its way from RAF Tarrant Rushton to the Azores Islands with a crew of 7 and 14 passengers on board. While overflying Cornwall, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. All 21 occupants were killed. Crew (644th Squadron): F/Sgt Clifford William Akers, F/O Peter Stafford Briggs, F/Lt Jeremiah Charles Garnett, F/Sgt William Mathias, F/Lt Geoffrey Percival Ormesher, AC2 Alan Ralph Titford, F/Lt Gerald Theodore Bailey. Passengers: F/O Alan J
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax VII · 21 fatalities