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Date: | Thursday 18 February 1943 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | Vickers Warwick B.1 |
Owner/operator: | RAE Farnborough |
Registration: | BV215 |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire, -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The second production Vickers Warwick B.1, BV215 was burnt out and destroyed on the ground at RAE Farnborough, when the starboard engine caught fire. Vickers pilot, Mr. Tommy Lucke safely exited the aircraft.
Sources:
https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/vickers-warwick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Warwick https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/vickers-warwick Aeroplane Monthly - October 1976 'Alas, poor Warwick' Eric Morgan and C. F. Andrews - P.536-542
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Oct-2020 15:59 |
Peter Clarke |
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