Date:	Tuesday 26 March 1940
Time:	night
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	105 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L4980
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Villeseneux, near Cheniers, 7 km south-west of Châlons-sur-Marne. -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Villeneuve-les-Vertus Aerodrome, Marne
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Fairey Battle L4980: Crashed during a night training flight at Villeseneux, near Cheniers (Marne), 7 km south-west of Châlons-sur-Marne. All three crew killed

Crew of Battle L4980:-
P/O (41270) Allan Matheson EDGAR (Aus.pilot) RAF : killed (Commission Gazetted : Friday 08 September, 1939)
Sgt (580495) Hugh Edward PETTIT (Obs.) RAF : killed
Cpl (531577) Alexander Ederton JONES (WOp/AG) RAF : killed

All three crew were buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 32)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 138)
3. "Bomber Command losses, vol 1. Aircraft and Crews lost during 1939-1940", by W R Chorley.
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1940: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471162
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2280884/edgar,-allan-matheson/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2280938/pettit,-hugh-edward/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2280909/jones,-alexander-egerton/
8. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1905
9. http://olivier.housseaux.free.fr/AVIONS/L4980/recit.htm
10. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheniers
11. http://www.maplandia.com/france/champagne-ardenne/marne/chalons-en-champagne/cheniers/
12. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jul-2017 06:34	Laurent Rizzotti	Added
16-Oct-2018 19:19	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
29-Jun-2019 19:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Jun-2019 19:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ]
20-Nov-2024 07:45	Rob Davis	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]