V9977 — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

June 7, 1942Accident
The airplane was engaged in a test flight on behalf of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) of the Royal Air Force. It departed RAF Defford in the day with a crew of five and six engineers on board. En route, the engine number four caught fire. The captain attempted an emergency landing when, at an altitude of 500 feet, a portion of the right wing broke away. Out of control, the aircraft crashed in a field at a speed of 150 mph and was destroyed. All 11 occupants were killed, amon
Halifax · 11 fatalities
After the RAF investigative board completed its report on the Halifax crash on 1 July 1942, it was distributed to a restricted list of approved recipients, but not publicly divulged. In the interests of wartime secrecy, the announcement of Blumlein's death was not made for another three years. Full accident record