ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195465
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| Date: | Thursday 17 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster B Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RF124 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
The plane, on a routine training mission, crashed under unknown circumstances. All seven occupants died in the crash.
The crew were Bernard Hall, Ronald James O'Donnell, Reginald Henry Smith, Victor Francis Dobell Meade, Gordon Leonard Rabbetts, Vincent Reginald Woodburn Southworth and John Alfred Sills
Sources:
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/nostalgia/wolverhampton-nostalgia/2017/05/18/wednesfield-lancaster-bomber-crash-remembered-at-special-exhibition/
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234930705-lancaster-crash/
http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_DW-42_1/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2017 12:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 29-May-2023 10:24 | Nepa | Updated |
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