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| Date: | Friday 3 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3709 |
| MSN: | SR-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing off Lorient -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Lost Gardening off Lorient. Cause unknown.
Crew
Pilot: 1063594 Sgt John Saunders Weaver - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.
Pilot: R/80234 Sgt Hector Thomas Moore Cooper RCAF - Lorient (Kerentrech) Communal Cemetery Plot 62. Row A. Grave 2.
Navigator/Bomb Aimer:1064638 Sgt Ioan Henri Roberts - Runnymede Memorial Panel 92.
Observer: 107995 Plt Off Norman Ernest Myring - Lorient (Kerentrech) Communal Cemetery Plot 62. Row B. Grave 6 (NCO:1166159 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 December, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 996657 Sgt John Harley Dixon - Runnymede Memorial Panel 81.
Air Gunner: 621311 Sgt Claude William Valder - Lorient (Kerentrech) Communal Cemetery Plot 62. Row B. Grave 7.
Sources:
CWGC
French Crashes 39-45
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2017 15:27 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 02-Apr-2024 11:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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