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Date: | Wednesday 13 December 1944 |
Time: | 15:40 |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 1692 (BST) Flt RAF |
Registration: | V3535 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Croydon Airport, South London, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Croydon airfied |
Narrative:Traininf flight. In fading visibility, pilot attempted to land at Croydon Airport and overshot his approach. In going around for another attempt, pilot saw some houses in the fog ahead and cut his throttles to force land.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, volume 8, page 217.
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