ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52892
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5458 |
| MSN: | PH-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Takeoff at 22:40 hrs for a bombing operation to Mannheim in Germany.
At some stage in the flight, the Wellington crashed into the North Sea. All crew members perished. Only two bodies were recovered when washed onto the beach of Vlieland. They were Sgt Harry Edgar Wreyford Ansell and Sgt Carodoc Roberts. They are buried in Vlieland Cemetery. The remainder of the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Pilot:402177 Plt Off William John Fulton RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 116
2nd Pilot:1117225 Sgt Clifford Allan Bell - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
Navigator:404014 Flt Sgt William Alan Baird RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 117
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1283858 Sgt Harry Edgar Wreyford Ansell - Vlieland General Cemetery Grave 39.
Air Gunner:1183354 Flt Sgt James Ernest Hughes - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74.
Air Gunner: 1379247 Sgt Carodoc Roberts - Vlieland General Cemetery Grave 47.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1518
CWGC
12 Squadron
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1942 | Z8529 | 12 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bois de Léglantiers woods at Léglantiers, Oise département |  |
w/o |
| 14 September 1942 | Z8523 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Barrien, Syke, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-May-2017 12:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2017 13:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2018 14:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2020 12:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Narrative] |
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