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| Date: | Thursday 7 November 1940 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3289 |
| MSN: | LN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off the coast of UK -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
Believed to be shot down, machinegun fire was heard bevore the plane crashed into the sea only 150 yards from shore at Reed Point, Felixstowe, United Kingdom.
Crew:
70351 F/L Ronald Watcyn JONES - killed - Mangotsfield (Downend) Cemetery, United Kingdom
74967 F/O Alwyn Oswald Laurence STEVENS - killed - Felixstowe New Cemetery, United Kingdom
751769 Sgt Cornelius Daniel Mccolgan CANNING - killed - Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery, United Kingdom (*)
965774 Sgt James FRASER - Missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 14 (*)
78748 P/O Maurice Lowden GAUNTLETT - killed - East Ilsley (St Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom
650218 Sgt Herbert Charles WESTLEY - killed - West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium, United Kingdom (*)
(*) Date of death noted by CWGC: 06-11-1940, the other 3 crewmembers 07-11-1940.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 127
2.AIR81/4130
3.CWGC
4.https://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/airfields/airfield.php?pid=2351
5.chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cranwellian-ian.com/ewExternalFiles/CranwellianMany1.0.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2025 08:49 | MMR | Added |
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