ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200643
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| Date: | Friday 16 January 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1759 |
| MSN: | BU-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Whitby -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
The aircraft took off from Stradishall at 17:40 for Hamburg. For some reason the aircraft drifted too far north on it's return and it was presumed to have crashed into the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire, killing all on board.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Edward Everett Hale RCAF R/58480 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant George James Peck RCAF R/77370 [Killed]
Crew : Flight Sergeant William John Elder RCAF R/65845 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Arthur Lionel Lax RAFVR 741541 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Joseph Barnby Myers RAFVR 947280 [Killed]
Crew : Pilot Officer Henry Joseph Woodrow RNZAF NZ/403487 [Killed]
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
https://www.214squadron.org.uk/Crews_and_losses/Crews_and_losses_Wellington.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 November 1939 | L4345 | 214 Sqn RAF | 2 | RAF Methwold, near Feltwell, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 9 May 1941 | R1226 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | near the Molenvaart canal, Breezand, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 15 April 1942 | Z1148 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Overrepen, Tongeren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2017 07:29 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:21 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 13:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 17-Feb-2022 13:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Date, Time, Other fatalities, Source]] |
| 17-Feb-2022 13:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [[[Date, Time, Other fatalities, Source]]] |
| 17-Feb-2022 13:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2022 13:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time] |
| 15-Jan-2024 08:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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