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| Date: | Saturday 7 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 214 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3209 |
| MSN: | BU-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Took off at 17:40hrs from RAF Stradishall for a mission to Düsseldorf, Germany. Aircraft is presumed to crashed into the sea killing al crewmembers.
Crew:
33256 F/L Wilfred Arthur HARRIS - killed - Oye-Plage Communal Cemtery, France
906102 Sgt Arthur Charles ASHMAN - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 11
759238 Sgt William Desmond INGRAMS - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 15 (*)
654662 Sgt Richard Francis STACEY - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 19
916165 Sgt Phillip James WHITE - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 20
745040 Sgt Alan Asquith WOODING - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 21
(*) Date of death noted by CWGC: 08-12-1940. All others date of death 07-12-1940.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 137
2.AIR81/4495
3.https://www.ewt.org.uk/war/wwii/page/2/
4.https://www.214squadron.org.uk/Crews_and_losses/Crews_and_losses_Wellington.htm
5.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2025 14:41 | MMR | Added |
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