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| Date: | Wednesday 30 December 1942 |
| Time: | 13:58 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington VIII |
| Owner/operator: | 1443 (Ferry Trg) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | HX745 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Charmy Down, Somerset, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Harwell, Berkshire |
| RAF Harwell |
Training flight. Engine failed and pilot was unable to maintain flight. Pilot force landed at Charmey Down, colliding with a tree in the process.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, Volume 8, page 198.
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