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| Date: | Monday 11 March 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B.16 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ770 |
| MSN: | 71344 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sinopoli (RC) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft was one of a pair and after flying in formation into fog they turned to achieve separation before climbing. In doing this WJ770 (Second aircraft of the pair) delayed turning and flew into a hill, killing the three crew.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?98665-Canberra-WJ770
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1968.htm
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/101153-raf-canberra-losses-malta.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 October 1960 | WT504 | 58 Sqn RAF | 0 | 12 miles NNE of RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 16 July 1964 | WJ771 | 6 Sqn RAF | 3 | 15 miles S of Khartoum |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2008 09:51 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Jun-2008 10:27 | JINX | Updated |
| 09-Apr-2013 15:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jun-2015 21:28 | Apen | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Feb-2016 21:19 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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