ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165255
Last updated: 6 January 2021
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| Date: | 05-APR-1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 11 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (11 OTU RAF) |
| Registration: | LN482 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Rothersthorpe, Northampton, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakley, Buckinghamshire |
Wellington LN482 Crashed during a training exercise after a mechanical failure.
All occupants died in the crash. 5.4.1944
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Ronald DOWLING (542574) Air Gunner
Sgt John Archibald FREEMAN (1396618) Air Bomber
F/Sgt Norman Horace HEWETT (425571) Pilot
F/Sgt Colin James MOWAT (427090) Navigator
P/O Donald McTEER (157510) Wireless Op
Sgt Ernest Victor WALLER (1151544) Air Gunner
Sources:
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/pupils-mark-70th-anniversary-of-northampton-plane-crash-that-killed-six-people-1-5985917
http://rafabedford.blogspot.nl/2014/04/wellington-memorial-service.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2014 16:33 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Jan-2021 21:32 | Giggs | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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