Accident Airspeed Oxford Mk I R6329, Thursday 21 December 1944
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Date:Thursday 21 December 1944
Time:
Type:Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF
Registration: R6329
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Wrotham Hill, near Wrotham Camp, Kent. England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.51 Lille /Vendeville, Nord.
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Oxford R6329: Took off for passenger flight to England..21/12/1944
Flying in fog when it struck Wrotham Hill, near Wrotham Camp, Kent.
Crew:
S/Ldr (J/7537) Stanley Joseph FULTON (Pilot) RCAF - killed
F/Lt (135422) Francis Graham Niven THOMSON (Nav.) RAFVR - killed
F/O (156013) Albert Robert AYTON (Nav.) RAFVR - Killed
LAC (R/127513) Edward WAHLERS (pass.) RCAF - killed
LAC (R/160895) Reuben SEEFRIED (pass.) RCAF - killed
F/O (174240) William RUMBOLD (nav.) RAFVR - seriously injured

Sources:

1.https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/fallen-aviators/rcaf-casualties
2.ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF
3.AIR81/6391
CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Oct-2022 18:42 Nepa Added [Operator, ]
09-Oct-2022 20:20 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
30-Oct-2024 12:18 Nepa Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]

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