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| Date: | Sunday 13 July 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | OADU RAF |
| Registration: | Z8780 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea 300 meters offshore Esposende, Oporto -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF ??? |
| RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
Wellington Z8780: Crashed into the sea 300 meters offshore Esposende, Oporto, Portugal, 13/07/1941
(Wellington Z8780 / 15 Operational Training Unit).
Crew: All killed
Sgt Trevor Vaughan DAVIES (990743) RAFVR
Sgt Colin James DIXON (1106166) RAFVR.
Sgt Derek Cecil HAYNES (923871) Pilot RAFVR
Sgt Stephen Thomas McNEILL (R/65516) Air Gunner RCAF
Sgt William Bernard OAKES (546317) Pilot RAF
Sgt Henry Gerald PEEL (R/65821) RCAF
Entire crew is buried at Oporto (St. James) British Churchyard (Plot 1. Coll. grave 774), Portugal
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 15 July 1941, p8
ORB OADU RAF
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 73.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2023 07:40 | TB | Added |
| 28-May-2024 15:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 28-May-2024 15:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 28-May-2024 16:28 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Source, Operator, ] |
| 05-Oct-2025 09:11 | MMR | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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