Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3656 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201238
 
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Date:Monday 9 March 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:101 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3656
MSN: SR-L
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Lost without trace -
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bourn
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Essen, Germany.
Lost without trace. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Cyril William Luin RAFVR 115078 (NCO:1253990 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 March, 1942) [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 70
Flight Sergeant Stanley James Brown RAFVR 747994 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 83.
Sergeant Leslie Wilbur Calderhead RAFVR 992777 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 79
Sergeant Maurice William Fenwick RAFVR 998502 [Killed]
Sergeant Ronald Frank Lawrence RAFVR 1376060 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 87
Sergeant Clwyd Parry RAFVR 1379067 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 91

Sources:

CWGC
Bomber Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3656
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 July 1942 X3634 101 Sqn RAF 5 Innenjade at Wilhelmshaven, Niedersachsen (claim location) w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Nov-2017 15:12 Red Dragon Added
09-Oct-2018 05:42 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
14-Apr-2020 14:52 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
08-Mar-2024 07:59 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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