Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Hauteville-Lompnes: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 5, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
EJ110
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Crew was completing a supply mission to the French Resistance. While overflying Ain in snow falls, aircraft went out of control and crashed in Bois de Valorse, near Hauteville-Lompnes. All 7 crew of the 196th Squadron were killed.
