Accident Vickers Wellington LP130,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211083
 
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Date:Friday 7 July 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington
Owner/operator:104 Sqn RAF
Registration: LP130
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Klanjec -   Croatia
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Tortorella, Italy
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed. The airplane exploded midair. One crew member, Derek Maling survived, and was rescued.
Registration is also listed as LP131.

Sources:

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https://www.trailtimes.ca/community/remembering-a-young-man-from-trail-who-went-to-war-and-never-came-home/
http://aircrewremembered.com/holmes-edward-james.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-May-2018 19:09 Alpine Flight Added
29-Oct-2019 14:19 Uli Elch Updated [Operator]
11-Nov-2020 13:33 gerard57 Updated [Source, Narrative]
11-Nov-2020 13:37 gerard57 Updated [Operator, Departure airport]

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