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Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA in Needham Market: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940 at 1120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 408 Wellington IA
Operator:
Registration:
L7786
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Location:
Needham Market
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF East Wretham on a routine training exercice. While cruising at a too low altitude, the aircraft hit power cables and crashed in a farmland located in Needham Market. Both pilots were killed.
Crew (311th Squadron):
Sgt Karel Lang, pilot,
Sgt Oldrich Tosovsky, pilot.

Crash of a Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Needham Market: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1940 at 0345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
P4963
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
1690
YOM:
1940
Location:
Needham Market
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2119LT on June 3 on a bombing mission over Homberg. While returning to his base at night, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to fog. Too low, the airplane impacted the ground and crashed in a pasture located in Battesford, some two miles southwest of Needham Market. A crew member was killed, three others were injured and one was unhurt.
Crew:
F/O G. L. C. Bagshaw, pilot,
F/Lt Allan S. Phillips, pilot,
Sgt David Donald, observer,
Sgt Robert Edward Nicholson, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Antony Henry Fields, air gunner. †
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