Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3419 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201241
 
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Date:Monday 9 March 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3419
MSN: KO-T
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing -
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:10 hrs local time for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Lost without trace. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ronald Percy Runagall DFC RAFVR 112446 (NCO:1250922 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 January, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Sergeant John Alfred Chamberlain RAFVR 1378042 [Killed]
Sergeant Herbert John Hickman RAFVR 1289238 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Russel Lloyd George Hosea DFC RCAF J/15033 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Joseph Moore Runner DFM RCAF J/15172 [Killed]
Sergeant Sydney William Stevenson RAFVR 952944 [Killed]

All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.

Sources:

CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3419
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 June 1942 X3724 115 Sqn RAF 5 Waddenzee SE of Vlieland, Friesland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Nov-2017 15:30 Red Dragon Added
28-Oct-2018 16:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
25-Aug-2019 18:38 AngelaG Updated [Date]
14-Apr-2020 14:56 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
14-Apr-2020 14:56 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
08-Mar-2024 08:00 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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