Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic T2466, Thursday 12 December 1940
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Date:Thursday 12 December 1940
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: T2466
MSN: KO-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing -
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 23:25hrs from RAF Marham for an operation to Mannheim, Germany. Of the 5 aircraft detailed for the operation one returned because of engine trouble. Only one of the other four bombed the target and two jettisoned their bombs. It's unclear what happened with plane T2466 only that it and their crew never returned to base.

Crew:
745206 Sgt Geoffrey William HARTLAND - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 15
751980 Sgt Frederick Charles MORTON - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 17
564383 Sgt Harry Leonard RALLS - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 18
754733 Sgt Laurence William SCOTT - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 19
653807 Sgt Jack SWAIN - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 20
651791 Sgt Robert WINTERBOTTOM - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 21

Sources:

1.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 138
2.AIR81/4539
3.https://115squadron-raf.be/crews/Wellington%20Mk%20IC%20-%20T2466%20-%20KO-C.html
4.CWGC

Revision history:

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26-Aug-2025 09:21 MMR Added

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