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Date: | Thursday 14 December 1939 |
Time: | 17:00 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IA |
Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N2957 |
MSN: | LN-D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ops: Attack on Naval targets, Wangerooge Island, Heligoland Bight. Badly damaged by Bf 109s and Bf 110s during raid on Helgoland and Wilhelmshaven. Aircraft damaged but managed to return to the UK. Crashed on 14 December 1939 when spun in approaching Newmarket and crashed into a field near the race course, on landing attempt. Three of the crew of six were killed
Crew:
Flt Lt Eugene John Hetherington (pilot, New Zealander, aged 25, Service Number 39026) killed
Pilot Officer Payne (2nd Pilot) injured
AC.1 Ronnie Entwistle (Wireless Op/Air Gunner, aged 19, Service Number 542335) killed.
AC.2 A. D. F. Craig (Air gunner) injured
Corporal Andrew Sharp (Air gunner, aged 25, Service Number 522788) killed
Sgt L.W. Parton (Air Observer) injured
An attack from an Me 110 had caused the loss of one wing flap, and when the pilot prepared to land at Newmarket by selecting flaps down, the aircraft rolled uncontrollably and crashed.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. Wimpy: A Detailed History of the Vickers Wellington in service, 1938-1953 By Steve Bond page 37-38
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/56:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142173 4.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-408-wellington-ia-raf-newmarket-3-killed 5.
http://adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzwellington.htm 6.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm 7.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721269/hetherington,-eugene-john/ 8.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2735803/entwistle,-ronald/ 9.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2456736/sharp,-andrew/ 10.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15518-RAF-Casualty-Packs-1939-45-Public-Access/page2 11.
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/13514/ 12.
http://www.bomber-command.info/c99wellloss.htm 13.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=261007&postcount=2 Revision history:
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02-Jan-2012 11:33 |
Uli Elch |
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09-Mar-2013 19:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
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07-Jun-2013 14:01 |
Nepa |
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22-Aug-2013 21:16 |
JINX |
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04-Nov-2014 20:21 |
roundhead |
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27-Apr-2015 18:54 |
ABBA |
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26-Sep-2016 14:44 |
Anon. |
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29-Apr-2018 23:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
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29-Apr-2018 23:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
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29-Apr-2018 23:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
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30-Oct-2018 08:21 |
Nepa |
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04-Jun-2019 17:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
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