Rednal – Hullavington

On September 16, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Rednal – Hullavington experienced a crash involving Martin 187 Baltimore, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Rednal AFB Shropshire.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 40.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

After take off from RAF Rednal, while on a ferry flight to RAF Hullavington, the aircraft failed to gain height and crashed in a field in West Felton, less than 2 miles from the airfield. Three crew members were injured while two others were killed. Crew killed were: W/C David Scott Wilkerson, † Maj James Wilfred Cross, †

Aircraft reference details include registration NG689.