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Date: | Sunday 26 July 1942 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 1443 (Ferry Trg) Flt RAF |
Registration: | Z8489 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | North Sea, just South of Whitby Harbour, Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Harwell, Berkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Harwell, Berkshire |
Narrative:Training Flight. Port engine caught fire. Pilot executed an emergency ditching in the North Sea, in the vicinity Whitby harbour. No casualties
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses, Volume 8 by W CHORLEY, page 197.
CWGC
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