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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | X9982 |
| MSN: | XG-A2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Lost without trace - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford |
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft is lost without a trace and all crew members with it:
121053 Pilot Officer William Charles Samuel DFM - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79
117448 Pilot Officer Victor Pierre De Wallens - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69.
1375458 Sergeant John Hatch - Runnymede Memorial Panel 85
R/69866 Flight Sergeant William Tait RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102.
909140 Flight Sergeant Frederick George Fry - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74.
1257566 Sergeant Deric James White - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.
John Hatch is also remembered on a memorial bench at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire. See source 4.
Victor Pierre De Wallens is commemorated on a bank war memorial at NatWest Banstead branch.
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses 1942
2. CWGC
3. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9982+
4. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/47411
5. https://www.natwestgroupremembers.com/our-fallen/our-fallen-ww2/d/victor-de-wallens.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2018 12:32 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 20-Feb-2018 18:05 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 04-May-2020 10:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2023 15:40 | Richard | Updated |
| 26-Jan-2025 08:35 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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