ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201424
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| Date: | Friday 13 March 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 311 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1802 |
| MSN: | KX-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Lost without trace - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
Due to frost the aircraft made a landing in the North Sea. A search was commenced unfortunately no trace of the aircraft was found.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Jiri Fina RAFVR 787403 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Josef Frantisek Cibulka RAFVR 66491 [Killed]
Flight Lieutenant Jaroslav Kula RAFVR 82615 [Killed]
Sergeant Alois Wellington Meznik RAFVR 787866 [Killed]
Sergeant Frantisek Raiskup RAFVR 787876 [Killed]
Sergeant Oldrich Soukop RAFVR 787489 [Killed]
All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
ORB 311 Sqn RAF
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 September 1943 | R1451 | 11 OTU RAF | 5 | west of Pyrton, Watlington, Oxfordshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2017 20:34 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2024 08:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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