ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160696
Last updated: 7 January 2021
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| Date: | 18-SEP-1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 17 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (17 OTU RAF) |
| Registration: | HE324 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | field next to East Barton Farmhouse, Horwood, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Silverstone, Northamptonshire |
Wellington HE324 Crashed in a field during a training mission.18.9.1943
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Edgar DOLLING (1337861) WOp RAFVR - killed
Sgt John DONNACHIE (1554638) Nav.RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt Norman Neville DUNN (Aus415315) pilot RAAF - killed
P/O Hiram FARRER (J/24533) A/B RCAF - killed
Sgt James William HALLAM (1819415) WOp - killed
Sgt Henry Arthur NEWNHAM (Aus424305) Wop/AG RAAF - killed
On 18 September 2013 a stone memorial has been unveiled to remember those who died in the tragedy.
Sources:
https://www.devonlive.com/Memorial-erected-remember-Horwood-plane-crash-70/story-19818155-detail/story.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2013 05:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Jun-2019 14:35 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 07-Jan-2021 11:13 | Sicak | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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