On 21 March 1944, a Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax bomber crashed in Moordown, Hampshire (now Dorset) soon after take-off from RAF Hurn (now known as Bournemouth Airport) killing nine people.

[1] Flying westerly, the plane turned into a wide arc, presumably in an attempt to return to Hurn, it flew over East Howe towards Wallisdown turning south over Talbot Woods and due east over Winton when it descended towards Moordown.

[3] The plane crashed in a residential area at the corner of Wimborne Road and Meadow Court Close.

[5] The plane crash resulted in nine fatalities:[5] From the RAF Volunteer Reserve In the Royal Canadian Air Force Civilians Despite eyewitnesses reporting engine failure, official reports into the crash squarely blamed the 20-year-old pilot Denis Evans.

[5] In 2010, Moordown councillor Sue Anderson advocated a permanent memorial as part of Bournemouth's bicentennial.