ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204901
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| Date: | Thursday 25 June 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W1155 |
| MSN: | ZA-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Leeming Bar -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming |
This aircraft was being given an air test but it stalled while turning on the final approach to land at Leeming, it crashed near Leeming Bar at 14:45. The location given is some five hundred yards short of main runway and near to Blow Houses, to the north of the airfield. The investigation suspected that cause of the accident was partly down to an elevator malfunction, blaming the possibility of the trimmer control wire connections being reversed. The aircraft struck a tree and then crashed onto or very close to a search light battery and sadly two soldiers who were at their post were also killed. Their names were not recorded a basic police report I have located, however, my research would suggest that the two named below were these individuals with their deaths being on the same date, registered in the same area and being in the same unit. The occupant of the rear turret of the aircraft escaped with his life possibly after the turret broke away in the crash.
Crew
Pilot:1375338 Sgt William Joseph Walter Wiseman - Ripon Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Flight Engineer:571212 Sgt John Alfred Carter - Ripon Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Navigator:87421 Fg Off James Gordon Mutter - Wallesey Churchyard, Cheshire S-W of the church
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:902732 Sgt Stanley Valentine Duvall - Ripon Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Air Gunner:R/79018 Flt Sgt Donald Ross Stewart RCAF - Ripon Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Air Gunner:J/9585 Plt Off Douglas Alfred Street RCAF - Injured. KIA 27 July 1942/405 Squadron
Further Casualties
1076293 Gunner Tom Jobson Owers Royal Artillery 372 Battery, 43(5th Battalion, Duke of Well Reg.) Searchlight Regiment - Pelton Cemetery, Durham PLOT OB450
1659878 Gunner John William Kay Royal Artillery (1659878), 372 Battery, 43(5th Battalion, Duke of Well Reg.) Searchlight Regiment - New Hunslet Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire Sec. 4. Cons. Grave 219.
Sources:
Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Find A Grave
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | W1037 | 10 Sqn RAF | 2 | Vicinity of Elverumgaard |  |
w/o |
| 9 May 1942 | W7674 | 10 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Rostock firing range, Mecklenburg |  |
w/o |
| 17 June 1942 | W1155 | 10 Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea W of Walcheren, Zeeland |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2018 22:59 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |
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