Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Market Rasen
Date & Time:
Sep 21, 1941 at 0410 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L7886
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was returning to base at RAF Elsham Wolds following an operation to Frankfurt. Because the airplane ran out of fuel, it was abandoned by the crew and crashed in a pasture located 4 miles northwest of Market Rasen. All six occupants were uninjured while the airplane was destroyed.
Crew (103rd Squadron):
P/O Ken H. Wallis +5.
Crew (103rd Squadron):
P/O Ken H. Wallis +5.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
