Hard landing Accident Vickers Wellesley Mk 1 L2707, Friday 6 September 1940
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Date:Friday 6 September 1940
Time:12:40 LT
Type:Vickers Wellesley Mk 1
Owner/operator:14 Sqn RAF
Registration: L2707
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Port Sudan -   Sudan
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Port Sudan
Narrative:
Undercarriage collapsed in heavy landing & DBR.
Aircraft L2707 one of five aircraft sent on a bombing run to Harmil Island (unable to confirm crash on landing but was last f the five to land)

Sources:

National Archive Kew Squadron Record of EVents Doc AIR27/192/8 page 1

Revision history:

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08-Mar-2008 21:48 JINX Added

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