ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200510
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 January 1942 |
| Time: | 23:48 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5514 |
| MSN: | PH-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moor Close Ashbourne Derbyshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Took off from RAF Binbrook at 17:07. Collided with high tension cables and a lorry on the approach to the partially completed airfield at Ashbourne, and ended up in Moor Close at Ashbourne. Whilst taking evasive manoeuvres over the target Flt Sgt Harry Douglas Bryant baled out as ordered. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 103.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Munro Garlick RAF 45425
Flight Sergeant Harry Douglas Bryant RCAF R/70448 [Killed]
Sergeant N Erskine RAF
Sergeant E F A Matthews RAF
Sergeant B L Schauenberg RAF
Sergeant J Stevens RAF
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 October 1942 | BJ606 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | northwest of Wintershoven, Kortessem, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2017 19:17 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 09:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2024 07:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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