ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200507
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| Date: | Friday 9 January 1942 |
| Time: | 04:38 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5356 |
| MSN: | PH-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NW of Wythhall 5 miles NNE of Redditch Worcestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby |
2nd pilot (Breck) noticed overheating engine and associated power loss. 1st pilot (Butterworth) took over aircraft, jettisonned bombs and looked for a field being unable to maintain altitude even unladen. He mistook a barrage ballon station for an airfield due to its hangars. Once his mistake was evident by the lack of a runway, the aircraft was too low and slow to find an alternate. The Wellington stalled at low altitude with the aircraft cartwheeling, breaking up and catching fire on impact.
Crew:
1st pilot: 1061600 Sgt Douglas Butterworth (RAFVR) - Killed on impact
2nd pilot: J/6955 P/O Alan William Breck (RCAF) - Injured
Observer: 404478 P/O Wilfred Henry Burnham (RNZAF) - Died of injuries 2 days later
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: 1061512 Sgt Charles Edward Morrey (RAFVR) - Killed on impact
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: 1168680 Sgt Brian Franklin (RAFVR) - Killed on impact
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: R/15266 Sgt Horace Bernard Cable (RCAF) - Injured
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=w5356&qand=&exc1=&exc2=
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=W5356
http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/3379:a.-william-breck/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1942 | BJ691 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2017 19:17 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 09:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Feb-2021 23:21 | tachel | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2021 23:34 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2021 23:35 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2021 23:36 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2021 02:05 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
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