V4140

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Safety history

  • June 24, 1942Accident

    The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Middleton St George. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase at an altitude of 2,000 feet, just below the cloud base, the twin engine airplane suddenly appeared on a converging course. The pilot tried to dive beneath a RAF Halifax (registered W7661) but its tail assembly caught the Halifax and both airplane dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield. The Halifax was also completing a local training exercise at RAF Middleton St Ge

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