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| Date: | Tuesday 26 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 23 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | Z1695 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Halvergate, Norwich -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pershore, Worcestershire |
During a Bullseye sortie the aircraft was illuminated by searchlights and a short while afterwards a fire occurred in flight; the wings and tail unit broke off, with the fuselage landing at Runham Marshes near Halvergate, some 5 miles west-north-west of Great Yarmouth.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Joseph Samuel Cornfield RCAF R/122947 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Brian Patrick Enright RAFVR 1385891 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Robert Portor Love RCAF J/14178 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Dalton Ross Alexander MacDougall RCAF J/22497 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas James Whalley RAFVR 1314155 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Joseph Snyder RCAF R/122037 [Killed]
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/cornfield-joseph.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2015 18:37 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-May-2015 06:21 | Pipine | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 31-Mar-2025 06:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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