ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28862
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 October 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | Aden CF RAF |
| Registration: | NC565 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gulf of Aden, 0.5 mile south of Bal Hal Bluff on coast of Aden. -
 Yemen
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | RAF Khormaksar, Aden |
| RAF Masirah, Oman | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Wellington NC565 The crew was performing a cargo flight from Aden-Khormaksar Airport. En-route, the airplane went out of control, went into a dive by an angle of 30° and finally crashed into the Gulf of Aden, about 352 km east of Aden. Little debris were found but no trace of the ten occupants who were considered as deceased. The aircraft sank in relatively deep waters.
It is believed that an engine failed in flight and that the crew mistakenly shut down the wrong engine. It is possible that the engine failure was caused by a lack of electric power due to the failure of a battery. Also, it appears that the cargo loading was completed against the published procedures and that the C of G was affected, which may contribute to the loss of control.
Crew:
LAC Douglas BERTRAM (2262669)
S/Ldr Michael Lewrance BLOCK (75927)
SII Frank William CALLAGHAN (1866296)
NII Eric George William GRUBB (1605294)
Cpl Michael Francis SEXTON (578718)
P/O Percy Thomas SYDENHAM (58519)
LAC Alan WATSON (3080263)
PII Ronald Frank WHITE (1316962)
Philip George LONG (pass.)
Donald John MacLEOD (pass.)
Sources:
1. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1947/archives/crash-of-a-vickers-wellington-in-gulf-of-aden-10-killed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Mar-2013 23:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2017 20:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2019 19:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2021 21:17 | Giggs | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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