Date & Time:
Oct 12, 1940 at 1110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1156
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Chester - Llandow
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a ferry flight from Chester to RAF Llandow. On final approach, the airplane struck a telephone pole and crashed in a nearby field located in Llysworney, less than two km north of the airfield. The pilot F/O Luis Goncelvis Fontes was killed.
