16-06-2014. This tailplane from a Vickers Armstrong Wellington 1A is on display at the Wellington Aviation Museum in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. The tail is from aircraft L7775 based at RAF Lossiemouth which crashed near Braemar in October 1940.
Wellington Mk.IA L7775 of No.20 OTU, RAF, crashed on Bruach Mhor, Braemar, Aberdeenshire on the 24th October 1940. During the night of the 23rd October 1940 a trainee crew along with an instructor left RAF Lossiemouth on the Moray coast for a night cross country exercise with the two trainee pilots occupying the 1st pilot's seat during ...
L7775 Vickers Wellington Ic Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre East Kirkby, Lincs (X4EK), UK - England Peter Clarke - 30/06/2009 . Full Details
Wellington 'L7775' was operated by 20OTU and based at RAF Lossiemouth. On 24th October 1940 it was on a night navigation exercise. At about 21:00 it crashed into Bruach Mhor on Beinn a' Bhuird when the pilot mistook the snow covered mountain for cloud. Five of the seven crew survived the crash.
Pilot Officer H M Coombs, Sergeant F Hutson: killed; Sergeant A W Milroy, Sergeant K W Bordycott, Sergeant G R Lyon, Sergeant J A Sparks, Pilot Officer D V Gilmour: injured; aircraft accident, Wellington L7775, 20 Operational Training Unit, 23 October 1940.
This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database. Airframe Family: Vickers Wellington. Latest Model: Wellington IC. Last Military Serial: L7775 RAF.