Date:	Tuesday 5 August 1941
Time:	16:45 LT
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:	20 OTU RAF
Registration:	N2828
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire
Destination airport:	RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington N2828, 20 OTU RAF: Writtten off (destroyed) 5.8.41. Involved in Training-Air-to-air firing practice exercise. After the exercise, and returning to base in high winds, while taking avoiding action to miss some trees, stalled and crashed at 16:45 near the airfield. Of the six crew, three were killed, and three survived with injuries.

Crew of Wellington N2828:
Pilot Officer Harold William Griffin (Service Number 67698) RAFVR - killed in active service 5.8.41
Sergeant Noel Desmond Cryer (Service Number 1061578) RAFVR - killed in active service 5.8.41
Pilot Officer Edgar Alan Dare (Service Number 82976) RAFVR killed in active service 5.8.41
Pilot Officer R B Ingalls (RCAF) - survived with injuries
Sergeant S F McDonnell - survived with injuries
Sergeant K R Cox - survived with injuries

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p.15)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/8080: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16757377
3. https://rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=j4771&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2361058/harold-william-griffin/
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2407031/noel-desmond-cryer/
6. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2714398/edgar-alan-dare/
7. https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/105392
8. https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/105660
9. https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/109341
10. https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1941.pdf
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth#Second_World_War_(1939%E2%80%931945)

Memorial to RAF 20 Operational Training Unit located at Bogs of Mayne (former RAF Elgin), Morayshire, Scotland.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Oct-2019 06:26	tachel	Added
29-Mar-2022 19:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]
29-Mar-2022 20:57	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]