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| Date: | Monday 9 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 214 Sqn (ME) Flight RAF / RS Stradishall |
| Registration: | R1246 |
| MSN: | BU-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rouen -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
Took off at 00:13hrs from RAF Stradishall for Luqa, Malta. Hit barrage baloon near Paris, France. Crew baled and the plane crashed near Rouen. Aircraft was scheduled for 70 Squadron based at Kabrit, Egypt.
Crew:
40495 F/O John Wyndhamm COLLINS - PoW
614211 Sgt Ronald AYRE - PoW
401201 Sgt John Frederick COOMBS - PoW
749475 Sgt James Absolom HoUNSLOW - PoW
561898 W/O Frederick James William STEELE - PoW (*)
85280 P/O Peter Fowler WALKER - PoW
(*) F/Sgt Frederick James William STEELE died on 19 april 1945 when a PoW column was strafed by RAF Typhoons. He is buried at Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 34
2.AIR81/4535
3.https://www.214squadron.org.uk/Crews_and_losses/Crews_and_losses_Wellington.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Sep-2025 16:59 | MMR | Added |
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