What the records say
- When
- 18 Oct 1942
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.56° N, 0.40° W
- Description
- aviation incident in England
- Deaths
- 21
1942 Ruislip Wellington accident
Aviation incident in England
The 1942 Ruislip Wellington accident occurred on 18 October 1942 when a Vickers Wellington 1C medium bomber of No. 311 Squadron RAF crashed near South Ruislip station, Middlesex, on approach to RAF Northolt. The crash killed all 15 people aboard the aircraft, and six civilians on the ground including four children.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An RAF Vickers Wellington bomber, based at RAF Talbenny, Wales, crashes at 16:08 near Ruislip station while on approach to RAF Northolt, England, killing all…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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