Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III Z1730,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266624
 
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Date:Wednesday 16 September 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:23 OTU RAF
Registration: Z1730
MSN: BY-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Baerl -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Pershore
Destination airport:Essen
Narrative:
Shot down over Germany, entire Canadian crew perished.
Pilot: F/Sgt KB Tanner (RCAF)
Navigator: F/Sgt John Donaldson (RCAF)
Bomb AImer: F/Sgt John Needler (RCAF)
Wireless Op/Gunner: Jack Arthur Charles Smith (RCAF)
Gunner: Sgt Joseph Linwood Nibblet (RCAF)

Sources:

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Z1730
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=z1730&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Personnel records of the crew from DND/Archives Canada

Revision history:

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11-Aug-2021 12:45 tachel Added

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