On 23 April 1945, a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress crashed on North Barrule, a hill in the Isle of Man.

The 534th was one of four squadrons that made up the 381st Bombardment Group (381st BG) based at RAF Ridgewell, Essex, United Kingdom.

On 24 April, a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress from RAF Ridgewell arrived, bringing the base commander Colonel Conway S. Hall.

Hall decided this would take too long, and the deceased were flown back to RAF Ridgewell on 25 April.

[2] A memorial plaque was placed at the crash site in June 1995 by the Maughold Commissioners and the Manx Aviation Preservation Society.