Incident Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V Z9149,
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Date:Tuesday 22 September 1942
Time:14:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic whtl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator:1481 (TT & G) Flt RAF
Registration: Z9149
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Binbrook area, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Training flight. Ailerons jammed during the climbaway phase of takeoff. Pilot force landed the aircraft five minutes into the flight, wrecking it.

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, volume 8, page 201.

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