Date:	Sunday 3 March 1940
Time:	22:25
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk Ia
Owner/operator:	99 Sqn RAF
Registration:	N3006
MSN:	LN-E
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Newmarket, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Newmarket

Narrative:
Wellington N3006 (LN-E) Airborne at 18:30 hrs for a Nickel (leaflet dropping raid) on 03/03/1940
The squadron was recalled back to base, as the mission was "scrubbed" due to reports of adverse weather over the target area. Approaching Newmarket, Wellington N3006 crashed at Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Suffolk (11 miles South West of Thetford, Norfolk) at 22:25 hrs and the aircraft burst into flames.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Alexander Stewart RAF 70819 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 November, 1939) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer John Nemours Carter RAF 72448 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 31 October, 1939) [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Saxon RAF 581022 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Aircraftman 1st Class Peter William Corvan RAF 549742 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Aircraftman 2nd Class Frank Hart RAF 631366 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Leading Aircraftman James Crawford Forster RAF 524766 [Killed]

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/100: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141922
3. https://rotherhamwarmemorials.weebly.com/part-41.html
4. http://undyingmemory.net/Newmarket/forster%20james.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-408-wellington-ia-barton-mills-6-killed
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2715645/stewart,-alexander/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721264/carter,-john-nemours/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721265/corvan,-peter-william/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721013/forster,-james-crawford/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2414402/hart,-frank/
11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721273/saxon,-arthur-kenneth/
12. http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
13. http://undyingmemory.net/Newmarket/forster%20james.html
14. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Jun-2019 17:16	Dr. John Smith	Added
08-Jun-2019 09:42	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, ]
28-Sep-2021 13:13	Rob Davis	Updated [Narrative, ]
26-Jul-2024 12:47	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ]
15-Sep-2025 06:31	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]