Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3276 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203491
 
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Date:Monday 18 May 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3276
MSN: WS-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing -   France
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Honington, Suffolk
Destination airport:Boulogne
Narrative:
Lost without trace.

Crew
1006452 Sgt Hugh Nicholas Wanostrocht - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.
1079649 Sgt Raymond Colvin - Runnymede Memorial Panel 80.
987553 Sgt Robin Jack Fraser - Runnymede Memorial Panel 83
1062580 Sgt Matthew Bates - Runnymede Memorial Panel 77.
1281658 Sgt Peter John Lascelles Hoyle - Runnymede Memorial Panel 86.

Sources:

CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 April 1941 R1281 9 Sqn RAF 0 Arrien, municipality Ommen, Overijssel w/o
13 August 1941 R1513 9 Sqn RAF 6 Weser river mouth near Weddewarden, Bremerhaven w/o
15 February 1942 X3398 9 Sqn RAF 5 Off Clacton on Sea unk
9 March 1942 X3641 9 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea north of Noord-Holland mis
9 March 1942 X3643 9 Sqn RAF 6 Harleston 16 miles South of Norwich w/o
9 March 1942 X3411 9 Sqn RAF 5 ditched in the North Sea w/o
6 April 1942 X3415 9 Sqn RAF 6 railway station of Sechtem, Bornheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
10 April 1942 X3702 9 Sqn RAF 6 near Nievenheim (Zinkhüttenweg), Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
13 April 1942 X3722 9 Sqn RAF 5 Moers-Vinn, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
23 April 1942 X3358 9 Sqn RAF 1 Dormagen-Hackenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
23 April 1942 X3759 9 Sqn RAF 5 Sapiston Suffolk, 67 miles SE of Thetford, Norfolk, England w/o
26 April 1942 X3226 9 Sqn RAF 6 - missing - mis
29 April 1942 X3716 9 Sqn RAF 6 Holbøl, Kruså, Syddanmark w/o
9 May 1942 X3369 9 Sqn RAF 5 near Rostock, Mecklenburg w/o
31 May 1942 X3469 9 Sqn RAF 1 Retie, Antwerp w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Dec-2017 14:55 Red Dragon Added
12-Nov-2018 15:01 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
15-May-2019 08:32 Anon. Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]

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