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Date: | Monday 6 April 1942 |
Time: | 13:12 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 1429 Flt RAF |
Registration: | P9299 |
MSN: | KX-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pystell Gwyn Llanymawddwy Gwynedd -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Cross country flight from RAF East Wretham. The aircraft descended through cloud and crashed into the hillside at 13:12. The crew were all RAFVR from Czechoslovakia.
Crew
Sgt (788087) Aldis Keda RAFVR - killed
P/O (10023) Jan Stefek - RAFVR - killed
Sgt (787831) Rudolf Grimm - RAFVR - killed
Sgt (787929) Jindrich Horinek - RAFVR . killed
F/Sgt (787880) Jan Stanovsky - RAFVR - killed
Sgt (787584) Rudolf Vokurka - RAFVR - killed
Sources:
Down in Wales - Terrence Hill
Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker's Guide: Historic Crash Sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles - Nick Wotherspoon, Alan Clark and Mark Sheldon - ISBN-13: 978-1844159109.
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 March 1942 |
Z1167 |
311 Sqn RAF |
6 |
North Sea 20 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Apr-2016 19:42 |
ORD |
Added |
28-Nov-2017 17:47 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
26-Dec-2017 06:48 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |