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Date: | Wednesday 22 March 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
Owner/operator: | 105 OTU RAF |
Registration: | HD987 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | RAF Nuneaton |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:RAF Vickers Wellington HD 987 crashed on factory premises at Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham at around midnight when control was lost after engine failure. A bus at the nearby Midland Red garage was damaged as well. The aircraft and crew were lost in the subsequent fire.
Sources:
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Birmingham Evening Mail
Birmingham Dispatch
RAF records
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Apr-2009 01:59 |
Lloyd |
Added |
29-Dec-2011 14:13 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
09-Jan-2012 07:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |