Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BK132,
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Date:Saturday 18 December 1943
Time:14:08
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:311 FTU RAF
Registration: BK132
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Atcham, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Moreton-in-March, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Wellington BK132: Took off for Training navigation flight. 18/12/1943
The bomber dived into the ground for unknown causes.
Crew:
F/S N C Rose RAAF
Sgt E R Phillips
Sgt E J W Semmens RAAF
Sgt K R Halliday
Sgt D H Wright

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses bt W R CHORLEY, volume 8, page 219.

Revision history:

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