Incident Handley Page Halifax Mk V LK907,
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Date:Friday 25 February 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic hlfx model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Handley Page Halifax Mk V
Owner/operator:434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: LK907
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Croft, Durham, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Croft, Durham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Birdstrike through windscreen disabled pilot; aircraft was crash-landed by bomb-aimer.

Sources:

Air Ministry accident card; p.78 in http://www.int-birdstrike.org/Amsterdam_Papers/IBSC25%20WPSA1.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Dec-2008 00:16 WJR Added
26-Dec-2011 08:09 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type]
18-Jan-2012 10:06 Nepa Updated [Operator]
05-Jun-2013 06:26 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
25-May-2015 19:15 Scout Updated [Location, Departure airport]
01-Dec-2023 10:59 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]

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