Incident Vickers Wellington Mk IV R1610,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277915
 
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Date:Thursday 7 May 1942
Time:00:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: R1610
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hemswell
Destination airport:
Narrative:
This aircraft was destroyed when the aircraft failed to become airborne after the throttles retarded due to the lever dampers not being tightened to prevent the throttle levers slipping back.
Pilots Sgt L Szychowiak (Polish), Sgt L Rebinski (Polish) and crew were unhurt.

Sources:

http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/120543/

Revision history:

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06-May-2022 12:33 TigerTimon Added

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