ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21615
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Date: | Tuesday 6 January 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
Owner/operator: | 3 Gp TF RAF |
Registration: | L7863 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Engine caught fire on take-off for training flight, hit embankment & building in attempted forced landing.
Crew:
Pilot: Flt/Sgt 903047 Frederick Thomas Miniken 25 RAFVR killed.
Wop: Sgt 1200354 Reginald Alfred Butcher 29 RAFVR killed.
Wop:Sgt M.T. Coon injured.
Wop/AG:Sgt 1169609 Gerald Geoffrey Cornes 20 RAFVR killed.
Wop:Sgt R.H.W. Lawrence injured.
Flt/Mech:AC1 1037647 Thomas Menzies 38 RAFVR killed.
Wop/AG:Sgt 983072 John Philpin Williams 26 RAFVR killed.
AG:Sgt 643058 Anthony John Browne RAF killed.
AG:Sgt 615644 Albert David Matthews 22 RAF killed.
AG:Sgt 545778 Herbert Wolstenholme 22 RAF killed.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jul-2008 05:41 |
JINX |
Added |
19-Jan-2012 14:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Aug-2013 13:47 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Apr-2015 19:09 |
ABBA |
Updated [Operator] |
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