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Crash of a Blackburn B-26 Botha I off Llanddwyn Island: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5088
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3241/24
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea off Llanddwyn Island. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Andrew Clack, pilot, †
F/Sgt D. C. Wheeler.