Incident Vickers Wellington Mk II Z8343,
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Date:Saturday 10 January 1942
Time:23:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z8343
MSN: SM-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Lindholme, South Yorkshire
Destination airport:RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire,
Narrative:
Wellington Z8343/B: Took off at 18:05 hrs for night bombing mission. 10/01/1942
Damaged whilst taxying. The aircraft ran off the runway into soft ground and tipped onto its nose.
Crew:
Pilot Sgt B Soltysiak (Polish) and his crew were uninjured.

Sources:

http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
ORB 305 Sqdn RAF (I recommend studying!)

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
14 March 1942 Z8438 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF 5 RAF Lindholme, South Yorkshire, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jan-2022 09:53 TigerTimon Added
24-Mar-2022 19:31 Nepa Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator]

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