ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156216
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| Date: | Monday 20 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:50 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 22 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | MF509 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Carreg Goch, Brecon Beacons, South Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wellebourne Mounford, Warwickshire |
MF509, a VickersWellington MK10, took off from Stratford-Upon-Avon, satellite airfield to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford (22 Operational Training Unit) at 19.26 hours on Nov.20th 1944 for a night cross country navigation training exercise.
Shortly before 20.50 hrs the crew sent a radio message asking permission to go below cloud as they were having trouble with the starboard engine, perhaps due to icing in the carburetor. Permission was granted and as they descended over the mountains of the Brecon Beacons their aircraft flew into the South West slope of Carreg Goch. All six crewman were killed.
With the help of local people from Craig y Nos, the RAF rescue team reached the site that night and removed the bodies. The aircrew lost in the crash on Carreg Goch were:
PILOT Sgt CHARLES HAMEL
NAVIGATOR Sgt JULES ROBERT RENE VILLENEUVE
BOMB AIMER F/Off WILLIAM JOSEPH ALLISON
W/Op/AIR GUNNER Sgt JOSEPH PAUL ERNEST BURKE
AIR GUNNER Sgt ARTHUR GROUIX
AIR GUNNER Sgt GERARD DUSABLON
Sources:
1. http://mf509.blogspot.co.uk/
2. http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Wellington-bomber-MF509-crew-remembered-mountain/story-17329074-detail/story.html#axzz2VBYS198T
3. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=662882
4. http://peakwreckhunters.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/armstrong-vickers-wellington-mk-10.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2013 20:05 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 20:42 | Victor I | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
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