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Crash of a Boulton & Paul P.75 Overstrand off Chesil Beach: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
K8173
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Warmwell - Warmwell
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Warmwell on a bombing exercice over the Chesil Bank, Dorset. While flying along the coast, the left engine caught fire and exploded. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O D. R. Williams,
LAC K. J. Cyster,
LAC G. W. Patterson.
Probable cause:
The left engine caught fire and exploded in flight for unknown reasons.

Crash of a Boulton & Paul P.75 Overstrand in Swanbourne: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1937
Operator:
Registration:
K4564
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bicester - Bicester
MSN:
19
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While flying in foggy conditions, the airplane impacted ground and crashed in Swanbourne. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Arthur McLester Watson,
AC1 Lawrence Rice.