Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston I in Crowborough: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
BB912
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Middle Wallop - Middle Wallop
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Middle Wallop on a navigation training exercise. While flying at low height, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field in Crowborough. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harry Wilson, pilot,
F/Sgt James Terrence Blackwell, wireless operator.