A British Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise

Quand

5 avr. 1946

Type

Événement

Coordonnées

35.88° N, 14.40° E

Placé à : coordinates of the event it links, 1946 Rabat Vickers Wellington crash.

A British Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.

Military aviation disaster in British Malta

The 1946 Rabat Vickers Wellington crash was a military aviation accident that occurred in Malta on 5 April 1946 when a Vickers Wellington bomber crashed during a training exercise in a residential area in Rabat. All four crew members on board the aircraft and 16 civilians on the ground were killed. The crash also caused extensive property damage.

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