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| Date: | Friday 18 December 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 1474 SD/WI Flt RAF |
| Registration: | DV892 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Norh Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, |
1942: 18th December; Plt Off F A Couper RAAF. Ops: Cloppenburg. Seen circling Hopton about 15:50 before heading south-east and reported to have crashed into the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Crew: C: Plt Off Frederick Andrew Couper RAAF Aus.404053: + N: Fg Off John Williams RAF 73459: Missing Plt Off P R Ackernley RAFVR 109094: Missing Plt Off William Turner Pickles RAFVR 109972: + W.Op/AG: Flt Sgt Edwin Francis McKenna RNZAF NZ404078: Missing W.Op/AG: Plt Off Sidney Charles McLellan RAF 50586: Missing AG: Flt Sgt Arthur Taylor RAF 549284: Missing
P/O Frederick Andrew Couper is burried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
P/O William Turner Pickles is burried at Batley Cemetery, United Kingdom.
Note: listed originally: AC2 T.N. Jasper have no known grave.
AC.2 Trevor Norman Jasper RAFVR 1297526 died 2nd September 1942
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, volume 8, page 200.
Faldne Allierede Flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/118623/
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194275.shtml
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2024 10:07 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-May-2024 17:49 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 30-May-2025 07:39 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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