Incident Vickers Wellington Z1334,
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Date:Thursday 26 February 1942
Time:17:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington
Owner/operator:460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: Z1334
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
This aircraft was damaged whilst low-flying in bad weather. The pilot became distracted by trying to read his map and the aircraft struck a tree.
Pilot Sgt PJD Cooney (New Zealander) and his crew were uninjured.

Sources:

http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs

Revision history:

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15-Feb-2022 10:51 TigerTimon Added

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