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| Date: | Sunday 26 April 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3226 |
| MSN: | WS- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | - missing - - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 22:30 hrs on the 25th for an operation against Rostock in Germany; failed to return.
37502 Sqn Ldr Douglas Holbrook Holmes AFC - Runnymede Memorial Panel 65.
1254454 Sgt Philip William Clement Flannery - Runnymede Memorial Panel 83.
749388 Flt Sgt William Burns Richmond - Runnymede Memorial Panel 75.
620700 Flt Sgt James North - Runnymede Memorial Panel 75.
751937 Flt Sgt Richard Ballantyne - Runnymede Memorial Panel 73.
524132 Flt Sgt Walter Lock - Runnymede Memorial Panel 75.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Aircrew Remembered
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2017 13:43 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 14:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 22-Apr-2022 07:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Apr-2022 07:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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