Incident Vickers Wellington Z5460,
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Date:Friday 10 April 1942
Time:22:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington
Owner/operator:12 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z5460
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Grimsby
Destination airport:operation - Essen, Germany
Narrative:
Stationary on taxiway whilst awaiting a take-off slot, this aircraft was hit by Wellington Z8402.
Pilot Sgt FF Fahey (Australian) and his crew were uninjured.

Sources:

http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Apr-2022 18:32 TigerTimon Added
04-Apr-2022 18:36 TigerTimon Updated [Total occupants, Destination airport, Source]

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