ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163622
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| Date: | Monday 30 October 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4288 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sapiston Rectory, 3 miles off RAF Honington, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
| RAF Honington, Suffolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Wellington bomber L4288 (KA-A of 9 Sqaudron, RAF) was in a collision with L4363 of the same unit during formation flying practice near Sapiston Rectory, about 3 miles from RAF Honington, Suffolk; aircraft crashed at Water Mill, Sapiston, 1 mile from the Honington runway. All on board both planes were killed. (Squadron Codes KA Feb 39-Sept 39. WS Sept 39-April 51)
Those killed in L4288 were :
Crew:
S/Ldr (29171) Lennox Stanley Lamb (NZ pilot /CO) RAF - killed
F/O (37726) Peter Edward Torkington-Leech (obs.) RAF - killed
Sgt (590534) Cyril Arthur Bryant (air bomber) RAF - killed
LAC (518104) Stanley Hawkins (WOp./AG) RAF - killed
AC1 (531937) Edward Grant (Air Gunner) RAF - killed
Centre section, engine nacelles, cowlings and engines only were recovered in 1982-83, and are now on display at the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, Bungay, Suffolk. (Crash site recovery)
Sources:
1. http://aircrewremembered.com/lamb-lennox.html
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2720561/lamb,-lennox-stanley/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2720581/torkington-leech,-peter-edward/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2416739/bryant,-cyril-arthur/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2720551/hawkins,-stanley/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2810150/grant,-edward/
7. http://adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzwellington.htm
8. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-290-wellington-i-honington-5-killed
9. http://www.aviationmuseum.net/BomberCommand.htm
Media:
OOTD - Vickers Wellington Is (L4288 KA-ZA, L4320 KA-B, and others) of 9 Squadron, in flight, RAF Stradishall, 1939 https://t.co/hbP8s7KV0R pic.twitter.com/MU7lWR3kN8
— RAF Museum (@RAFMUSEUM) August 26, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2014 02:13 | angels one five | Added |
| 30-Jan-2014 02:52 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2014 06:49 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2014 06:55 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2015 20:45 | Victor I | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2015 05:02 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 07-Jan-2016 21:32 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2018 21:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2019 19:29 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2023 20:59 | Nepa | Updated [[Embed code, Narrative]] |
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