Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III Z1563,
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Date:Thursday 15 January 1942
Time:21:11
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1563
MSN: KO-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Marham, Norfolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Whilst in the circuit of RAF Marham and flying in adverse weather the aircraft crashed at 21:11.Contributing factors were severe icing, which led to almost total glazing of the windscreen. All the crew were killed.

Crew
Sgt D H Faith +
Flt Sgt D J Maskill RCAF (American) +
Sgt R M Shaw +
Sgt S A Orford +
Flt Sgt S C Lester +
Sgt R F Bishop +

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 July 1942 BJ615 115 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea NW of Vlieland, Friesland mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Oct-2017 14:22 Red Dragon Added
06-Nov-2017 07:29 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Aircraft type]
28-Oct-2018 16:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
19-Jul-2021 18:31 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator]

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