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| Date: | Sunday 13 October 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P9243 |
| MSN: | LN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
Plane took off at 19:00 from RAF Newmarket for a mission to Wilhelmhaven, Germany but all contact was lost. There is no trace of the plane nor crew.
Crew:
41296 F/O William Edmund Norman KELLER - missing believed killded - Runnymede Memorial panel 6
652740 Sgt Randolph Frederick DENNING - missing believed killded - Runnymede Memorial panel 13
580787 Sgt Arthur Reginald MATTICK - missing believed killded - Runnymede Memorial panel 17
627701 Sgt Bernard SHUTTLEWORTH - missing believed killded - Runnymede Memorial panel 19
746763 Sgt Albert WRIGHT - missing believed killded - Runnymede Memorial panel 21
391346 Sgt Charles Harold DOUGLAS (RNZAF) - missing believed killded - Runnymede Memorial panel 27
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 118
2. https://caspir.warplane.com/personnel/unit-search/p/600010287/
3. AIR81/3750
4. Henk Welting's database (rafcommands.com)
5. CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2025 09:30 | MMR | Added |
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