ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200897
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| Date: | Sunday 13 April 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2897 |
| MSN: | OJ-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Saint-Sever-Calvados, 14km W of Vire, Normandy -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
149 Sqn, Mildenhall: shot down 12/13 April 1941: Wellington 1C, OJ-O T2897: op - Mérignac airfield
Pilot Officer R.R.Morison was the pilot of Sgt Rawlings' aircraft which took off from Mildenhall at 21:50 on 12th April 1941: Sgt Rawlings was the only survivor. The aircraft crashed near St Sever-Calvados (Calvados), 14km W of Vire, France.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ronald Rutherford Morison RAFVR 86641 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 November, 1940)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant John Leo Guy Westley RAFVR 754746 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Ernest John Holland DFM RAFVR 751976 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Hutchinson RAFVR 942328 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant K C H Rawlings RAF 939991 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Walter Hugh Wilkinson RAFVR 755659 [Killed]
All six casualties are buried in St Sever-Calvados Communal Cemetery. The aircraft collided with a factory chimney during its fatal crash dive, and then into a bakers and a private house, killing all nine occupants of the house.
Sources:
1. http://aircrewremembered.com/morison-ronald.html
2. http://www.rafinfo.org.uk/airsearch/names_nz.htm
3. http://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-stsever14-wellington
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2017 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Nov-2017 00:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:16 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Nov-2018 17:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 25-Nov-2023 20:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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