IN THE SPOT

May 4, 1944: An American Liberator collides with a Harvard de Havilland plane; 4 crewmen killed.

May 7, 1944: Another Liberator takes off from Digri airfield and crashes 20 minutes later. 10 crewmen killed.

May 13, 1944: A De Havilland fighter crashes after takeoff from the Amarda Road Station. The crew miraculously saved.

October 28, 1944: A Liberator had takes off on a night sortie and crashes near Salboni, approximately 90 kms from the present crash; eight of the crew killed.

July 26, 1945: Two British Royal Air Force B24 Liberator four- engine bombers, EW225 and EW247 based at Amarda Road collide at low altitude; 14 airmen killed.

March 20, 2018: Hawk fighter- plane crashes, pilot ejects safely.