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| Date: | Wednesday 13 April 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Vickers Wellesley Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7766 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Abingdon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Worthy Down, Winchester, Hampshire |
Vickers Wellesley Mk.I K7766, 207 Squadron, RAF Worthy Down, near Winchester, Hampshire. Written off (destroyed) 13/4/38 when hit tree in forced landing and caught fire, at RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire. One of the two crew killed:
Sgt Walter Bateman (aged 29) killed
LAC Robert McPhie survived unhurt
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 34)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/rollofhonour/mb_not_cwgc.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._207_Squadron_RAF#Inter-war_period
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2018 22:16 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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