Event

Moordown air disaster

22 Mar 1944 · 50.76° N, 1.87° W

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When
22 Mar 1944
Kind
Event
Coordinates
50.76° N, 1.87° W
Description
World War II: a Royal Air Force Halifax Bomber crashed soon after take-off from Hurn Airport.

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Moordown air disaster

1944 bomber crash in England

On 21 March 1944, a Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax bomber crashed in Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire soon after take-off from RAF Hurn killing nine people.

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