Can anyone add more details to this incident or details of 2nd Lt Wells : 16 March 1944
Lockheed P-38 Lightning 42-68019 piloted by
2nd Lieutenant Robert L Wells of the 77th Fighter Sqn 20th Fighter Group based at RAF Kings Cliffe ( assigned USAAF designation Station 367 ) lost power to one engine , the aircraft turned onto its back before crashing into Jasmine Cottage Thorpe , Nottinghamshire. Injuring its occupants Mrs Dannett and Mr George Kinn and killing bricklayer George Stansall, 62, who had been fitting new windows. The property was burnt down. Mr George Stansall death was due to heart failure caused by extensive burns sustained when the plane crashed into the house.
2nd Lieutenant Robert L Wells - baled out low and was subsequently badly injured. He survived to attend the inquest.