Accident Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V P4994,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22222
 
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Date:Sunday 22 December 1940
Time:19:07
Type:Silhouette image of generic whtl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator:10 Sqn RAF
Registration: P4994
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
(ZA-U) The aircraft took off at 1907hrs and crashed into farm house soon afterwards on a training flight
Crew:
42703 P/O Ross Leslie Flewelling RAF (Canada) pilot killed
42599 P/O Peter Beckford Gough RAF pilot injured
Three others injured

Sources:

ORB 10 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Aug-2008 10:22 Anon. Added
03-Jun-2015 07:08 Rata Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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