ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64502
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 September 1949 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington |
| Owner/operator: | Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | F-TKIU |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, near Island of Jersey, Channel Islands -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bordeaux, France |
| Cherbourg, France |
Crashed into Canale Della Manica (English Channel) between the French coast and the Island of Jersey, Channel Islands during training flight. Three survivors rescued by a Norwegian ship. According to a rough translation from Italian into English of a contemporary newspaper report ("L'Unita" 14 September 1948 p.4 - see link #1 for the original Italian text):
"IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
A plane crashes with nine people on board
SAINT HELIER (Channel Islands). September 13. —
A military French aircraft is reported to have crashed this afternoon in the sea between Jersey and the French coast. The aircraft, which had taken off from Bordeaux on training flight, with 9 people on board. Operations were immediately reported to search for the aircraft"
Wellington was F-TKIU/BE706, ex-RAF PG316.
Sources:
1. https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1949/09/14/page_004.pdf
2. Noticias de hoy 15 September 1949, p6
3. Combat 15 September 1949
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Jul-2009 00:30 | angels one five | Updated |
| 21-Aug-2013 06:33 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 26-Dec-2013 16:28 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2018 12:35 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2020 09:23 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Jan-2020 09:43 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Jun-2020 06:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2020 08:02 | TB | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2023 00:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Registration, Narrative]] |
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