ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309366
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| Date: | Saturday 17 August 1940 |
| Time: | 00:50 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 1474 SD/WI Flt RAF |
| Registration: | Z1104 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge |
Wellington Z1104: Took off for Night Training flight. 17/08/1940
On takeoff, pilot prematurely retracted. the undercarriage, and the Wellington sank back to the runway, wrecked.
AIR81/16233:
Wellington IC Z1104 Sergeant T Radcliffe, Flying Officer L James (RNZAF): injured;
Wellington Z1104, 1474 Flight, aircraft accident returning from an operational flight, Gramesden aerodrome, Huntingdonshire, 17/08/1942.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command losses by W R HORLEY, volume 8, page 200.
2.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17478436
3.AIR81/16233
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