ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141365
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| Date: | Monday 18 December 1939 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IA |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2940 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | on Wilhelmshaven raid -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Wellington N2940 failed to return from an operational flight, 18 December 1939. Probably shot down by fighter during raid on Wilhelmshaven. 12 out of 22 Wellingtons shot down on this mission.
Crew of Wellington N2940
P/O Eric Francis Lines, pilot,
F/S Alfred Kitto Fearnside, copilot,
AC.1 Edward Malcolm George Polhill, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Alex Morrison Dickie, air gunner,
AC.2 Clifford Walker, air gunner.
All posted as "missing presumed dead"; Wellington N2940 had been allocated to the RNZAF as N315, but was dirverted before delivery, and had not been delivered
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999, published 1991
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/64: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142181
3. https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/33450/
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzwellington.htm
5. http://aircrewremembered.com/lines-eric.html
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-408-wellington-ia-wilhelmshaven-5-killed
7. http://www.bomber-command.info/c9wellloss.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2012 10:43 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 04-Jun-2019 20:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2019 09:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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