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| Date: | Sunday 7 December 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 21 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | Z1089 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Sibford Gower -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Edgehill at Shenington |
For a cross-country and encountered very severe icing and the wireless blocked out by static. Whilst descending to find their position, hit trees and crashed 18:35 on Pitch Hill near Sibford Ferris, 8 miles west-south-west of Banbury.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kenneth Wilfred Watson RAFVR 105199 (NCO:1266328 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 September, 1941) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant James William Hubbard RAF 551931 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant J Martin RAF [Injured]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edwin Stephen John Toye Medder RAFVR 1358010 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Christopher George Tierney RAFVR 1325220 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant R Newton RAF [Injured]
Associated : Pilot Officer John Alexander Bright RAFVR 67597 (NCO:758142 : Commission Gazetted Friday 27 June, 1941)
Associated : Pilot Officer William Thomas George Gabriel DFC RAF 69423
Police Officer : Police Constable L Simons (Police)
Sgts Martin and Newton owe their lives to P/O J A Bright, P/O W T G Gabriel and PC L Simons, who happened to be there and were instrumental in rescuing the airmen.
Sources:
http://thesibfords.org.uk/sibipedia/crash-wellington-bomber-1941
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2014 12:29 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:08 | Taylor | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 10-Apr-2025 08:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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