According to a TV program only one allied aircraft crashed on central London during World War II. What type was it, who was the pilot and what caused it to crash?

gtho4

o Hurricane fighter plane. o Sgt. Pilot Ray Holmes. o He flew into a Nazi plane to stop it from diving into Buckingham Palace. Bothe of them crashed into Central London. In the summer of 1940, Adolf Hitler launched a furious air bombing campaign over Britain, intended to pave the way for a ground invasion and topple the final remaining pillar of democracy in Western Europe. The battle raged into September, but the British Royal Air Force, comprised mainly of Hurricane fighter planes, held the Nazi fighters at bay in an historic show of courage and guile, epitomized by the efforts of Sgt. Pilot Ray Holmes. With his guns jammed and his windshield covered in oil, Holmes used the wing of his Hurricane to clip the tail off a damaged Nazi fighter plane and stop it from dive-bombing Buckingham Palace, in the process sending both planes to a fiery crash in the heart of London. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_6990.php Sep 23 08, 5:35 AM

romeomikegolf

good one gth04. Sorry for the late reply. Fascinating story. Sep 25 08, 9:44 AM