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| Date: | Sunday 8 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 149 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3175 |
| MSN: | OJ-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Took off at 23:35 from RAF Mildenhall for a bombing mission over Boulogne, France. Lost without a trace, presumed lost over the sea.
Crew:
P/O John Leeming LEEDS - missing - Runnymede Memorial panel 9
Sgt William Wilson CROOKS - missing - Runnymede Memorial panel 13
Sgt Herbert Gresford GLEDHILL - missing - Runnymede Memorial panel 14
Sgt Stanley Charles GRANT - missing - Runnymede Memorial panel 14
Sgt Robert Anderson JERRIT - missing - Runnymede Memorial panel 16
Sgt Alfred Charles MARTIN - missing - Runnymede Memorial panel 17
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 108
2.Henk Welting's database (rafcommands.com)
3.CWGC
4.AIR81/3149
5.https://caspir.warplane.com/personnel/unit-search/p/600011270/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2025 17:29 | MMR | Added |
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