Crash of a Douglas A-20A Havoc II at RAF Long Kesh: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 29, 1942 at 1220 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AL263
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Long Kesh - Long Kesh
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Long Kesh. For unknown reasons, the airplane overshot on landing, collided with high tension cables and crashed in a ditch. The observer was killed and the pilot was injured.
Crew:
P/O T. K. Matthews, pilot,
Sgt Glyn Rees, observer. †
Crew:
P/O T. K. Matthews, pilot,
Sgt Glyn Rees, observer. †
