 The aircraft hit trees in a wood on top of Birkitt Hill before colliding with the farmhouse at West End Farm.At 3pm on 8 January 1945 a US Army lorry carrying munitions was involved in a road accident with a petrol tanker as it was passing Glebe Farm at the Flints.The drivers managed to evacuate nearby residents however a bus from Luton came round the corner just as an explosion occurred, killing three US Servicemen on the bus and injuring 21 others.