Incident Vickers Wellington Mk III BJ604,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139329
 
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Date:Friday 8 January 1943
Time:Day
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF
Registration: BJ604
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Middleton St George, Durham, 5 miles E of Darlington -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Middleton St George, Durham
Destination airport:RAF Middleton St George
Narrative:
Overshot the end of the runway and came to rest on a railway line. The crew all exited the aircraft uninjured, but a train struck the plane and as a result one civilian was killed and another injured.

This was the first accident to an aircraft of the newly formed 6 (Bomber) Group, RCAF.

Sources:

http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RAF_owned_AG100.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Oct-2011 05:02 angels one five Added
20-Oct-2011 09:38 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
20-Oct-2011 09:44 angels one five Updated [Source]
17-Jan-2012 11:23 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature]
23-Jan-2012 00:43 angels one five Updated [Source]
02-Oct-2013 09:26 angels one five Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Apr-2015 20:51 Victor I Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
29-Apr-2015 10:35 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
01-May-2015 14:50 Victor II Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
04-May-2015 06:02 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
07-May-2015 06:28 Victor III Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
07-May-2015 18:35 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
08-May-2015 18:53 Victor IV Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
10-May-2015 02:23 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
10-May-2015 05:43 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
10-May-2015 07:38 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
21-May-2015 08:26 Angel dick one Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]

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