Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3410, Thursday 2 April 1942
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Date:Thursday 2 April 1942
Time:01:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3410
MSN: DX-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Frettenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell (takeoff at 21:20 hrs LT)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Made low level attacks on railway targets at Hanau and Lohr in Germany. Brought down by flak over Frettenheim in Germany.

Crew
Pilot: 36112 Sqn Ldr Guy Le Laval Harvie - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. A. 7-12.
Pilot:1375137 Sgt Claude Francis Curtis - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. A. 7-12.
Observer: 404564 Sgt Stirling Lindfield Green RAAF - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. A. 7-12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 356436 Sgt David Henderson - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. A. 7-12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 400306 Sgt Ronald Marshall RAAF - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. A. 7-12.
Air Gunner: 76019 Flt Lt Thomas Henry Tozer - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. A. 7-12.

Sources:

https://books.google.nl/books?id=hDMdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=junkers+absturz+2.+Weltkrieg&source=bl&ots=m-ru5Ckfx3&hl=nl grave 7. A 712.uD8fU1mtL3I&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=8ZVwVI3dForfOKvsgZAM&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=junkers%20absturz%202.%20Weltkrieg&f=false
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3410&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Nov-2014 16:00 gerard57 Added
12-Feb-2015 13:52 Gagarin Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
27-Nov-2017 15:49 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
27-Nov-2017 18:47 Red Dragon Updated [Narrative, ]
07-Nov-2018 19:19 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ]
16-Oct-2019 09:32 ALAN MACKAY Updated [Registration, ]
25-Jan-2020 14:04 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location, ]
04-Feb-2020 11:18 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
31-Mar-2022 17:29 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, ]

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