ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186510
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Date: | Tuesday 10 December 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
Owner/operator: | 15 OTU RAF |
Registration: | L4230 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Great Rhos, Radnorshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Successfully force-landed "wheels up" on top of Great Rhos due to icing, which caused the failure of one engine. All six crew survived uninjured:
Sqn/Ldr G.Learner
Sgt Earl
Sgt Doull
Sgt Martin
Sgt Mullen
Sgt Morley
Sources:
1. Final Descent: Air Crashes in Wales and the Borders By Terence Hill
2.
http://www.cpat.org.uk/resource/reports/cpat1249.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Apr-2016 18:04 |
ORD |
Added |
05-Nov-2017 01:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
05-Nov-2017 01:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
17-Feb-2018 07:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
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