What the records say
- When
- 7 Jun 1942
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.85° N, 2.59° W
- Description
- Fatal accident of 07 June 1942 involving the prototype of the H2S airborne radar
- Deaths
- 11
1942 Herefordshire TRE Halifax crash
V9977 was an Handley Page Halifax II that had been sent to the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) at RAF Defford to be used as a flying testbed for the H2S radar.
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