ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27902
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 April 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk XII |
| Owner/operator: | 13th MEB RHAF |
| Registration: | MF188 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Phalerum Bay, off Palaio Faliro, Attica -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RHAF Hellenikon Air Base, Athens |
| RHAF Hellenikon AB, Athens (LGAT) |
Crashed into the sea at Phalerum Bay, off Palaio Faliro, Attica, Greece, 10-04-1946 (at approximate Coordinates: 37°56′N 23°42′E) after engine failure. All six persons on board were killed. According to the following rough translation into English of the original Greece text (see link #2)
"13 MEB (Light Bombardment Squadron) RHAF. Royal Hellenic Air Force
While cruising at a height of some 1,500 feet during a training exercise and performing a turn to the right, the right engine failed. The crew increased power on left engine and elected to make an emergency landing but the aircraft dove into the sea and crashed off Piraeus harbor. The aircraft was lost and all eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Flt/Lt M Tasilviakos KIA
John Adam aged 29 KIA.
Christopher Antonios Amassis, aged 19, KIA.
Ioannis Andrikopoulos aged 37, KIA.
Pilot Officer Petros Kannas aged 28 KIA.
Georgios Piltas aged 30 years KIA.
Ioannis Stephanou aged 27 KIA
Sources:
1. https://polemikiaeroporiahaf.blogspot.de/search/label/Vickers%20Wellington
2. http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Vickers-Wellington-losses-in-Greece-1941-1946.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaio_Faliro
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Light_Bomber_Squadron
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-466-wellington-xiii-athens-8-killed
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalerum
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Feb-2017 08:08 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2017 22:01 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2017 21:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2018 07:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2019 11:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Jan-2021 10:41 | TB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2021 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Jul-2023 17:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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