Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3388,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200439
 
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Date:Tuesday 6 January 1942
Time:07:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3388
MSN: WS-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Honington, Suffolk
Destination airport:RAF Coningsby
Narrative:
Shortly after reaching Brest the port engine failed and the return journey was done on one engine. The aircraft crashed after hitting some trees whilst trying to land.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Michael Ryland Hodges RAFVR 100638 [Injured] (NCO:1183497 Commission Gazetted : Friday 01 August, 1941)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alfred William Mount RAFVR 1181182
Air Gunner : Sergeant Charles William Mills RAFVR 1169710 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Owen RAF
Crew : Sergeant H J Pullan RAF
Crew : Sergeant R Short RAF [Injured]

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses of World War II 1942.
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 July 1941 R1040 9 Sqn RAF 6 Wilhelminasingel street, Maastricht, Limburg w/o
8 September 1941 Z8845 9 Sqn RAF 6 near the Bruggelaan road at Terwispel, Friesland w/o
24 July 1942 Z1577 9 Sqn RAF 2 Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
29 July 1942 X3456 9 Sqn RAF 5 off the Frisian islands w/o
29 July 1942 X3606 9 Sqn RAF 4 Bürgerpark in Bremen w/o
1 August 1942 BJ878 9 Sqn RAF 5 Hasselbeck, Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Oct-2017 20:22 Red Dragon Added
06-Nov-2017 07:29 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Nov-2018 14:46 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
06-Jan-2024 07:48 Rob Davis Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]

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