xaiel420 t1_j3qhlmv wrote on January 10, 2023 at 11:08 AM

Well that's grim

Cliff_Dibble t1_j3qme6g wrote on January 10, 2023 at 12:04 PM

Shouldn't tell them what else happened in WW2 then.

xaiel420 t1_j3r069o wrote on January 10, 2023 at 2:07 PM

Yeah no spoilers

_DeanRiding OP t1_j3qiw89 wrote on January 10, 2023 at 11:24 AM

Couldn't squeeze it into the title, but it was the worst air accident of WW2, and the second worst in the world up until 1950.

tripwire7 t1_j3u4o8c wrote on January 11, 2023 at 2:01 AM

I take it the key word was “accident,” as opposed to all the people killed intentionally by bombings?

SilverHalsen t1_j3w5bd9 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 2:06 PM

Take a guess.

JGCIII t1_j3qhx0m wrote on January 10, 2023 at 11:12 AM

Didn’t I just watch a movie on Netflix or Peacock that was based on this story? I can’t think of the name. I think it took place in the Netherlands, maybe?

NicNoletree t1_j3qjmn0 wrote on January 10, 2023 at 11:33 AM

> a sudden thunderstorm and the resultant reduced visibility immediately prior to the accident had caused the test pilot of the B-24, First Lieutenant John Bloemendal, to be ordered to abandon the test fight and attempt to return to base

TIL, during WW2, an American plane crashed into an English primary school and killed 58 people, including 38 children.

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