ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21590
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| Date: | Monday 23 June 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7846 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sahara Desert, Egypt/Lybya border -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Shallufa |
37 Squadron was based at Shallufa, in the Suez Canal Zone of Egypt from 17.10.1940 to 25.4.1942. L7846 was posted as missing on mission to raid Benghazi, Lybia on 23.6.1941. All six crew were also posted as missing in action, and aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Sahara Desert on the Egpyptian/Libyan border
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/37_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2008 23:00 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Feb-2012 05:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 09-Mar-2013 22:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2013 22:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2013 23:06 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 27-Apr-2015 19:06 | ABBA | Updated [Operator] |
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