Ref Number: 00200
22nd January 1943 saw a rather unusual crash landing by a Lockheed Ventura, being a bomber from 464 Squadron based at Feltwell.
Ref Number: 00200
A bomber belonging to the 464 Squadron located at Feltwell, a Lockheed Ventura, made a crash landing on the 22nd of January, 1943. The landing was somewhat odd and hap hazard due to the fact that at 12:20 hours, the aircraft, which was flown by one of the four Sergeants who were on board, was returning somewhat shot up from a raid on Maupertius Airfield near Cherbourg, where it had been severely damaged by flak* during the mission.
The port engine was now the only one still operational as they struggled back across the Island to a nearby airfield that could assist them, Lee on Solent.
However, due to an unexpected change of circumstances, they were forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Quarr Abbey on their route to Elanor’s Grove.
Sgt. S. W. Wood was taken to Ryde County Hospital, while the other three crew members being Sgts H. Pilkington, H. S Fidge and G. W. Sivell all came away with only minor injuries.
Armament
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, the maximum takeoff weight is 14096 kg, and the empty weight is 9161 kg. Two radial engines manufactured by Pratt & Whitney R-2800-31 with a combined 2000 horsepower Dimensions of the wings: 19.96 m in spread, 15.77 m in length, 3.63 m in height, and 51.19 m 2 in area.Reach a top speed of 518 km/h at an altitude of 4205 meters.
Traditional range is 2,190 kilometers. This service has a ceiling of 8015 meters. Two fixed forward-firing cannons are installed.The ship is armed with fifty cannons, two thirty-millimeter guns mounted on the nose deck, and two fifty-millimeter guns mounted on the dorsal turret. You may afix a bomb up to 1,361 kg.
Note: All images are merely representative of the aircraft and not specific.
*flak refers to anti-aircraft fire in this particular scenario.
