ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66571
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| Date: | Sunday 18 October 1942 |
| Time: | 16:05 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 311 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2564 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Between South Ruislip Station and the airfield -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Talbenny |
| RAF Northolt, Middlesex |
Vickers Wellington T2564 'KX-T' of 311 Squadron RAF was flying from Talbenny Airport in Wales to Northolt Airport. During approach to land the flight crashed near a railway station at Ruislip in London. All six crew on board the aircraft (plus nine other crew "hitching a lift" to London) was killed along with 6 more civilians on the ground. Some of the civilians killed were children and the incident was the worst ever loss of life - 21 persons in all - in a single Wellington aircraft crash.
Crew:
P/O František Bulis-KAS
F/Sgt John Bláha-KAS
F/Lt Václav Haňka-KAS
P/O Bedřich Gissübel-KAS
F/Sgt František Doležal-KAS
P/O-Jebáček-KAS
Passengers (associated military personnel on board):
F/Sgt František Stoklásek - KAS
František Paclík, - KAS
Sgt Bill Götzlinger - KAS
and Sgt Josef Čech - KAS
F/Lt Václav smart - KAS
F/Sgt Josef Švec, - KAS
P/O Anthony Bunzl - KAS
Sgt Vladimir Rájecki)-KAS.
As passengers perished also the technical Officer, squadron leader P/O Leemans (Belgian)
(*KAS - "Killed on Active Service")
Sources:
Na nebi hrdého Albionu - J.RAJLICH
https://en.valka.cz/topic/view/77
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Upc0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=rGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5777,1415016&dq=plane+crash+in+england&hl=en
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V_VPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OFUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2167,5143098&dq=raf+plane+crash&hl=en
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2009 10:58 | Harmy | Added |
| 10-Nov-2011 12:59 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 24-Jan-2012 13:11 | ryan | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2013 20:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2013 23:58 | ryan | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Jul-2015 12:02 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Nov-2020 19:01 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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