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| Date: | Tuesday 26 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3348 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blackden Edge, Kinder Scout, near Edale in Derbyshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Yorkshire |
| RAF Croft |
The aircraft departed Croft at 1651hrs with 3,240lb of incendiary bombs along with six other 427 Wellingtons and joined up 150 bombers of the main stream force to attack targets in Lorient, France.
Crashed into a hillside at Edale near Sheffield on the way home to home to base at 23:32. Miraculously only Fg Off Mortimer was hurt and his injuries are of a slight nature although he was admitted to Buxton Hospital. Aircraft crashed on the only flat surface within ten miles and although the aircraft was written off, the escape of all, members of the crew was so fortunate it was, therefore, the feature story of some Sunday papers.
Pilot : Pilot Officer Carroll Alfred Taylor RCAF
2nd Pilot : 696300 Sergeant Lyndon George Southwood RAF
Navigator : 1393425 Pilot Officer George Andrew Martin RAF 128646 (NCO:1316327 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 December, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : 49336 Pilot Officer Donald Mortimer RAF Injured/Admitted to Bruxton Hospital.
Wireless Operator :R/98396 Sergeant Anthony David Deane RCAF
Rear Gunner : 1061816 Sergeant William Lumsden RAFVR
Sources:
RAF Commands
aircrashsites.co.uk
https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-district/vickers-wellington-x3348-blackden-edge/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2019 11:39 | Paul McGuiness | Added |
| 12-Dec-2019 07:47 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 26-Jan-2024 07:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2025 17:10 | Anon. | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
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