ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192743
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| Date: | Monday 11 January 1943 |
| Time: | 15:50 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 27 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | BK405 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boylestone, Derbyshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 11 January 1943 the Vickers Wellington III BK405 of 27 OTU RAF took off at 1535 hrs from Church Broughton for a circuits and landings exercise, combined with single-engined flying. At around 1550 hrs, the pupil pilot went through the drill in readiness to shut down the port engine but he then inadvertently feathered to starboard propeller causing a complete loss of power. The aircraft immediately stalled and entered a spin from which it did not recover. It crashed near to Boylestone, Derbyshire and was destroyed by fire following the crash. All five crew were killed.
Crew (all killed):
Flg Off Ralph Holland Tye RNZAF (pilot, instructor)
Sgt William Raymond Wearne RAAF (pupil pilot)
Sgt Ian Ross McDonald RAAF (bomb aimer?)
Sgt John Kerr (wireless operator/air gunner)
Sgt John Stoppard Eccles RAAF (air gunner?)
Flg Off Tye, an experienced Wellington captain and veteran of an operational tour with 75 Sqn, Sgt Wearne and Sgt McDonald are buried in the extension to Scropton (St. Paul) Churchyard, Foston and Scropton. Sgt Eccles while serving with the RAAF was not actually Australian, he was from Timperley near Altrincham in Cheshire, and is buried in his parents home town of Salford, Lancashire. Sgt Kerr was taken to St. Albans Cemetery.
This aircraft was relatively new, having been held in storage at 23 MU Aldergrove from 19 October 1942 until its acceptance by 27 OTU in mid-December. Its total flying came to 25.40 hours.
Sources:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/midlands/vickers-wellington-bk405-boylestone/
"Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses, volume 7: Operational Training Units 1940-1947", by W R Chorley, ISBN 1-85780-132-6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boylestone
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-midlands/derbyshire-county/boyleston/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2017 11:06 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
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