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Crash of a Vickers 467 Wellington XIV off Oran: 8 killed

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1948
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PF996
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Location:
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Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Captain / Total flying hours:
973
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea five NM north of Falcon Cape, northwest off Oran while performing a maritime patrol flight. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
François Faure, pilot,
Jean Boulicaut,
René Bresson 5.

Crash of a Vickers 467 Wellington XIV on Mt Brandon: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HF208
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances on the slope of Mt Brandon, Munster. All six Polish crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Klemens Adamowicz,
Sgt/C Stanislaw Czerniawski,
Sgt/C Pawel Kowalewicz,
Sgt/C Naftali Hirsz Pawel Kuflik,
Pvt Kazimierz Lugowski,
Cpl Wincenty Pietrzak.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.