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Safety history
September 14, 1945Accident
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
Due to an electrical failure, the dingy inflation valve was activated and the dingy blew up, came out of its wing stowage and fouled the tailplane assembly, restricting the elevators. The pilot lost control and the aircraft dove into the ground. This was almost a repeat of an accident reported earlier. Full accident record