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| Date: | Saturday 7 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 214 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2476 |
| MSN: | BU-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Took off at 17:09hrs from RAF Stradishall for a mission to Düsseldorf, Germany. It is believed the plane crashed into the North Sea.
Crew:
40367 F/O David Allan DADSWELL - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 5
758023 Sgt Francis Thomas BUCKINGHAM - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 12
972478 Sgt William Henry JAME - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 15
969132 Sgt Edward Cooper LEE - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 16
936778 Sgt John Cunningham MACASKIE - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 16
745352 Sgt Charles Duncan POWRIE - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 18
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 137
2.AIR81/4494
3.https://www.214squadron.org.uk/Crews_and_losses/Crews_and_losses_Wellington.htm
4.https://madeinperth.org/flyers-from-perthshire-in-the-second-world-war-sergeant-charles-duncan-powrie/
5.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2025 14:57 | MMR | Added |
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