Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston III in Bishop's Stortford: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
AH476
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hunsdon - Hunsdon
Location:
Bishop's Stortford
Hertfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a GCI training sortie out from RAF Hunsdon. While maneuvering in marginal weather, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in Bishop's Stortford. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Paul Michael Rudgard, pilot,
Sgt James Sherriffs Salmond.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the pilot became disoriented in marginal weather conditions.

Crash of a Douglas A-20 Havoc I in Bishop's Stortford

Date & Time: May 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
BJ495
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hunsdon - Hunsdon
Location:
Bishop's Stortford
Hertfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was returning to RAF Hunsdon following a patrol mission. While flying in IMC conditions, the airplane suffered an instrument failure. Both crew members bailed out and were rescued. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Bishop's Stortford.
Probable cause:
Instrument failure in flight.
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