Vickers 417 Wellington III crash, Aug 7, 1943 (17 killed)

Vickers 417 Wellington III accident on August 7, 1943 near Winslow Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom with 17 fatalities.

Wellington III X3790 of 26 OTU was returning to Little Horwood after a night bombing exercise that had been aborted. It overshot on its approach in the early hours of 7 August 1943 and struck houses in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, killing four crew and 13 people on the ground.

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