ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141594
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| Date: | Saturday 10 January 1942 |
| Time: | 23:30 approx |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5611 |
| MSN: | PH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile east of Brumby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
The Wellington took off at 18:03 on an operational flight to Wilhelmshaven in Germany.
At 23:30 it crashed near Brumby as the result of an engine fire and loss of height.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Carroll Frederick O'Connell RNZAF NZ/402210 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant David Adamson Laing RAF 517130 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Alfred Delaney RAFVR 1111498 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ernest Albert Parsons RCAF R/56118 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant C C McAllister RAF [Injured]
Crew : Pilot Officer Herbert John Stickings RAF 103579 [Injured] (NCO:1260882 Commission Gazetted : Friday 12 September, 1941)
The injured survivors were taken to Scunthorpe Hospital.
Sources:
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1942.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | Z8328 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | Eerste Kruisweg, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 7 January 1942 | W5523 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Sea off Brest |  |
w/o |
| 13 March 1942 | Z8578 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing |  |
mis |
| 25 March 1942 | W5578 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | close to Escoublac, Loire-Atlantique département | |
w/o |
| 2 April 1942 | W5395 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | woods at Sainte-Opportune-la-Mare, Eure département, Normandie | |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | Z8376 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Oberlohberg, Dinslaken, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 9 June 1942 | Z8652 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
mis |
| 27 July 1942 | W5367 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Westerholte, Ankum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | Z8499 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2012 15:32 | angels one five | Added |
| 04-Jan-2012 16:21 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2012 16:47 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2012 16:59 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2012 17:02 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2012 06:29 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 29-Jun-2012 01:17 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2013 13:52 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2013 07:03 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Location] |
| 28-Apr-2015 16:19 | Apen | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 18:32 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2022 09:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 10-Jan-2022 20:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 10-Jan-2024 07:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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