Air disaster

USAAF Boeing B-17 crash on North Barrule

23 Apr 1945 · 54.29° N, 4.39° W

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When
23 Apr 1945
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
54.29° N, 4.39° W
Description
plane
Deaths
31

USAAF Boeing B-17 crash on North Barrule

Aviation accident

On 23 April 1945, a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress crashed on North Barrule, a hill in the Isle of Man. A total of 31 people were killed. The accident is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in the Isle of Man. It was due to controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).

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