Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IV Z1330,
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Date:Saturday 17 January 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator:142 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1330
MSN: QT-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Sea off Bridlington -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Grimsby
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off from RAF Grimsby at 17:40 for Bremen.The aircraft was last fixes about 70 miles NE of Spurn Head. It is believed to have crashed into the sea off Bridlington. All the crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Plt Off A C Pickett +
Sgt R B Glover RCAF +
Plt Off D J Clifford RNZAF +
Sgt R C Mellings +
Sgt R J Kennedy +
Sgt J B H Hill RCAF +

Sources:

Bomber Command losses 1942

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 August 1942 Z1396 142 Sqn RAF 5 near Erika, Haren, Ems, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Oct-2017 18:26 Red Dragon Added
23-Dec-2017 17:29 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative]
18-Oct-2018 13:23 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Oct-2018 17:16 stehlík49 Updated [Operator]

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