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Date: | Tuesday 26 March 1940 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Fairey Battle Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L4980 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Villeseneux, near Cheniers, 7 km south-west of Châlons-sur-Marne. -
France
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Villeneuve-les-Vertus Aerodrome, Marne |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Fairey Battle L4980: Crashed during a night training flight at Villeseneux, near Cheniers (Marne), 7 km south-west of Châlons-sur-Marne. All three crew killed
Crew of Battle L4980
P/O (41270) Allan Matheson EDGAR (Aus.pilot) RAF : killed
Sgt (580495) Hugh Edward PETTIT (Obs.) RAF : killed
Cpl (531577) Alexander Ederton JONES (WOp/AG) RAF : killed
All three crew were buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 32)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 138)
3. "Bomber Command losses, vol 1. Aircraft and Crews lost during 1939-1940", by W R Chorley.
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1940:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471162 5.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2280884/edgar,-allan-matheson/ 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2280938/pettit,-hugh-edward/ 7.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2280909/jones,-alexander-egerton/ 8.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1905 9.
http://olivier.housseaux.free.fr/AVIONS/L4980/recit.htm 10.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheniers 11.
http://www.maplandia.com/france/champagne-ardenne/marne/chalons-en-champagne/cheniers/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jul-2017 06:34 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Added |
16-Oct-2018 19:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
29-Jun-2019 19:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Jun-2019 19:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |