Incident Vickers Wellington Mk II Z8431,
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Date:Monday 1 June 1942
Time:23:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:12 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z8431
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Binbrook
Destination airport:
Narrative:
This aircraft was damaged when it crash-landed on the airfield with a full bomb-load, having turned back 10 minutes after take-off for operations following failure of the port engine in flight.
Pilot F/Sgt HM Goulter (Australian) and 3 of his crew were unhurt, though two unnamed members were injured.

Sources:

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

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Z8431

Revision history:

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02-Jun-2022 17:56 TigerTimon Added

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