ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15944
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Date: | Wednesday 18 March 1942 |
Time: | 13:25 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 15 OTU RAF |
Registration: | L4265 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Mount Farm |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed. Occupants (3): Sgt C.G Wiley (pilot) , Sgt. Robert H. Riedy (co-pilot), airgunner Sgt.W.J.D. Carter. No other crew mentioned. Training Flight. On take off, the Wellington clipped the wing of a Hudson bomber parked on the fire track. The Wellington went out of control, rose 200 feet into the air, stalled and crashed. Wiley and Riedy were killed instantly and Carter was seriously injured. Station Commander attributed the accident to "swing, pilot inexperience and error of judgement"
Sources:
British RAF records, Morning Call Newspaper
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Mar-2008 22:36 |
JINX |
Added |
03-Oct-2009 23:00 |
hocb220 |
Updated |
12-Dec-2010 16:23 |
angels one five |
Updated [Narrative] |
27-Apr-2015 19:17 |
ABBA |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport] |
27-Apr-2015 20:48 |
Victor I |
Updated [Operator] |
16-Mar-2022 20:45 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities] |
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