Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X LP499,
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Date:Thursday 6 July 1944
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:104 Sqn RAF
Registration: LP499
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kleinzell -   Austria
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tortorelly (I)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Wellington LP499.Crashed during an air-raid over Austria during night. 06-07-1944
Crew:
W/O(P). McDonald, John Arnold – 417233 – RAAF.
F/Lt(Nav.). Cruden, George Stevenson – 126615 – RAFVR.
P/O(A/B). James, Selby Ronald – 427466 – RAAF.
Sgt(Wop/AG). Pusey, Gordon William – 1039691 – RAFVR.
F/Sgt(AG). Hamilton, Robert – 1321229 – RAFVR.


Sources:

http://www.bundesheer.at/download_archiv/pdfs/missing_in_action.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Aug-2017 09:18 Alpine Flight Added
15-May-2018 18:51 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
12-Jan-2021 11:03 werich Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]

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