ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309359
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| Date: | Sunday 29 November 1942 |
| Time: | 15:25 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington IC |
| Owner/operator: | 1446 (Ferry Trg) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | LB120 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Moreton-in-March, Gloucestershire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Harwell, Berkshire |
| RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh |
Training flight. The aircraft's nose suddenly pitched up during what had been a seemingly normal approach to RAF Moreton-in-March. The aircraft crashed before the pilot could rectify the situation.
AIR81/20121
Wellington LB120: aircraft accident Moreton in Marsh aerodrome, Gloucestershire. 29/11/1942.
Crew:
P/O D Y McIntosh (RCAF), P/O E Martin (RCAF), Sgt C R Kippen, P/O A Thompson: killed;
Sgt W Fowler: uninjured;
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLRY, volume 8, page. 199.
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