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| Date: | Monday 9 March 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3411 |
| MSN: | WS- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ditched in the North Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honnington |
Takeoff at 00:28 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany & failed to return.
Plt Off Hoult was eventually picked up after 33 hrs by a trawler. Initially admitted to Lowestoft Hospital. Transferred to RAF Hospital Ely with exposure.
Crew-
Pilot : Sergeant Robert James Tristem Lovell RAFVR 1376533 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 88
Sergeant William Henry Bowers RAFVR 977278 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
Sergeant William Leslie Cooke RAFVR 1199261 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 80
Pilot Officer Ralph Pickard Hoult RAF 106534 (NCO:1000288 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 October, 1941) [Injured]
Sergeant Douglas William Peacey RAFVR 902440 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 91
Pilot Officer Thomas William Warwick Woodford RAFVR 108010 (NCO:1165635 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 December, 1941) [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 72
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3411
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2017 18:51 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2017 18:52 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 12-Nov-2018 14:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 14-Apr-2020 17:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Aug-2020 14:09 | ChrisC | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 26-Aug-2020 14:09 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 31-Aug-2021 08:02 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2024 07:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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