ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151015
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Date: | Wednesday 28 July 1943 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles Master Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 17 (P) AFU RAF |
Registration: | W9093 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ruabon Mountain, Near Llangollen, Denbighshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Calveley, Cheshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Miles Master Mk.II W9093, 17 (P) AFU, RAF Calveley, Cheshire: Written off (destroyed) 28 July 1943 when collided with high ground at the 1,447 feet Ruabon Mountain while low flying Near Llangollen, Denbighshire. Pilot killed
Crew of Master W9093:
Flight Sergeant (1384086) Robert Francis Wells RAFVR, aged 21, killed in a flying accident 28 July 1943. R.I.P.
Robert Wells is buried in Heston (St Leonard) Churchyard.
Sources:
1.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2735078/robert-francis-wells/ 2.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_Wales_and_West_Midlands.pdf 3.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=120348 4.
https://mapcarta.com/17623704 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Dec-2012 00:36 |
angels one five |
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06-Dec-2012 00:37 |
angels one five |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
29-Jan-2014 20:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
11-Feb-2014 09:57 |
angels one five |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
27-Nov-2018 20:47 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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