SGT. B. POUPARD (R.A.F.) – DIED.                  SGT. T. RIORDAN (R.A.F.)  – INJURED

SGT. KITSON (R.A.F.) – INJURED.                     SGT. GAFNEY (R.A.F.)  – INJURED.

 

DETAILS OF ACCIDENT

Took off from Lichfield for night navigation training. During the flight, the bomber began to lose height, the propellor came away from the came away from the engine. Sgt. Poupard tried to land the aircraft and while doing this, he flew head-on into some tree, two miles north of Chetwynd, about 3 miles away from the airfield at Fradley. Sgt Poupard was killed and the other crew members were injured.