Vickers 619 Wellington X crash, Sep 13, 1946 (3 killed)

Vickers 619 Wellington X accident on September 13, 1946 near Roscoff Finistère, France with 3 fatalities.

A Royal Air Force Wellington on a training flight from Shawbury lost both engines after passing Ouessant. The captain could not restart them and tried to ditch off Roscoff. The aircraft broke in two on rough sea, and three crew drowned while three reached a dinghy and were rescued about five hours later.

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