Incident Vickers Wellington Mk I L4274,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309175
 
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Date:Thursday 28 August 1941
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk I
Owner/operator:3 BAT Flt RAF
Registration: L4274
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Newmarket, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Newmarket, Suffolk
Destination airport:RAF Newmarket, Suffolk
Narrative:
Fire broke out while in flight. Crew was able to land the aircraft at RAF Newmarket, but the Wellington continued to burn and was destroted.

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, page 189.

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