ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21590
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 23-JUN-1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk.IC |
| Operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7846 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sahara Desert, Egypt/Lybia border (Target: Bengazi) -
 Libya
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Shallufa, Suez Canal Zone, Egypt |
37 Squadron was based at Shallufa, in the Suez Canal Zone of Egypt from 17.10.1940 to 25.4.1942. L7846 was posted as missing on mission to raid Benghazi, Lybia on 23.6.1941. All six crew were also posted as missing in action, and aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Sahara Desert on the Egpyptian/Libyan border
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/37_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2008 23:00 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Feb-2012 05:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 09-Mar-2013 22:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2013 22:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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