Incident Vickers Wellington R1620,
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Date:Tuesday 17 March 1942
Time:22:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: R1620
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hemswell
Destination airport:RAF Hemswell
Narrative:
This aircraft was damaged whilst landing from a training flight. The pilot approached low and too far to the right of the flarepath, striking the starboard wing of parked Wellington Z1263 with its undercarriage.

Pilot F/O B Uszpolewicz (Polish) and his crew were uninjured.

Sources:

http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs

Revision history:

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14-Mar-2022 19:53 TigerTimon Added

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