ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309336
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| Date: | Sunday 26 April 1942 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 1443 (Ferry Trg) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | HF855 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Harwell, Berkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Harwell, Berkshire |
| RAF Harwell, Berkshire |
Wellington HF855: Took off for Training flight. 26 April 1942.
Aircraft overshot it's initial landing attempt, and in attempting to for a seconf, stalled at an altitude of 200 feet and crashed into a firld near the air base.
AIR81/13889
P/O J S Lindsay, Sgt W F G Hughes, Sgt W J A Smart, Sgt C C McAllister, Sgt A E Payne, killed
Passenger W A Hughes, Passenger R G Ayres: killed;
Sources:
Lomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, page 197.
AIR81/13889
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