Date:	Tuesday 10 May 1960
Time:	night
Type:	English Electric Canberra B(I).6
Owner/operator:	213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WT321
MSN:	71483
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Resthausen, Landkreis Cloppenburg -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Brüggen
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Flew into the ground from cloud between Varrelbusch and Resthausen, when trying to recover from a LABS practice bombing run at Varrelbusch.

Pilot F/L Peter Legge CROSSLEY (35)
Navigator F/L John Frederick William KEATY (31)
Navigator F/O Frederick Eugene BRIGGS (24)

1. Volker Urbanyky German crash site researcher found the site 2012 email: v.urbansky@t-online.de
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.202 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 94)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/426: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424550
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/39/S2972: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578752
6. https://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?13942-Canberra-WT321-213Sq-RAF-Br%FCggen-fatal-accident-10.05.1960-Germany
Borkener Zeitung 12 May 1960, p3

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Apr-2013 20:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
28-May-2013 20:29	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, ]
12-Jun-2019 16:16	Anon.	Updated [Source, Photo, ]
27-Jan-2020 17:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
27-Jan-2020 17:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, ]
30-Jul-2025 09:21	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]