Date:	Tuesday 2 May 1944
Time:
Type:	Lockheed P-38J Lightning
Owner/operator:	55th FSqn /20th FGp USAAF
Registration:	42-67823
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Field Farm, 1 mile north of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 2 May 1944 Capt Roy M Scrutchfield of 55th FS, 20th FG, took his Crew chief up in a cleared out space behind the cockpit of his P-38J 42-67823 on a test flight from Wittering to demonstrate the technique of switching off the engines and restarting them in flight. The starboard engine was feathered for a restart test, but the engine failed to restart in flight and the drag from the propeller was more than the other engine could compensate for. The pilot chose to force-land wheels-up at North Field Farm, 1 mile north of Stamford. The aircraft sustained unrepairable damage in the landing though neither man was injured.

1.http://www.bcar.org.uk/1944-incident-logs
2.http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/20107 (picture, wrong date)
3.Squadron Signal 6176: 20th Fighter Group", by Ron MacKay. ISBN 0-89747-368-X
4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford,_Lincolnshire
5.http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-midlands/lincolnshire-county/stamford/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Nov-2018 13:34	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Mar-2020 10:57	DG333	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator]