Incident Vickers Wellington Mk II W5497 , Wednesday 18 March 1942
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Date:Wednesday 18 March 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF
Registration: W5497
MSN: LQ-M
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:RAF Pocklington -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Pocklington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed at RAF Pocklington on return from a cross country exercise.

Crew
Pilot: Sgt F H Mitchell

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Nov-2017 21:19 Red Dragon Added
13-Oct-2018 16:51 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, ]

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