ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231197
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Date: | Thursday 18 September 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | W5492 |
MSN: | LQ-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Pocklington -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Dinghy came away from it's stowage and wrapped around the elevators. Parts of the tail then broke off and the pilot lost control. The aircraft went into a steep and fast dive, then broke up in the air and exploded, All 8 aboard perished.
Sources:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york41/w5492.html http://aircrewremembered.com/DutilUpdater/web/index.php?table=0&search=W5492 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Dec-2019 17:30 |
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