Incident Vickers Wellington Z1263, Tuesday 17 March 1942
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Date:Tuesday 17 March 1942
Time:22:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington
Owner/operator:301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1263
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
This aircraft was damaged whilst parked when the starboard wing was damaged by the undercarriage of Wellington R1620 which approached too far to the right of the flarepath on a training sortie.

Sources:

http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs

Revision history:

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14-Mar-2022 19:55 TigerTimon Added

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