Accident Vickers Wellington Mk II W5414 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206251
 
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Date:Monday 20 July 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:12 Sqn RAF
Registration: W5414
MSN: PH-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing -   France
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Binbrook
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Presumed to have crashed in the target area.

Crew
Pilot:100092 Plt Off John Patrick Muirhead DFC - Ars-en-Re Communal Cemetery Ile de Re Row 1. Grave 1. (NCO:1062442, Gazette of 25th July 1941)
Observer:NZ/402000 Flt Sgt Eric Waple RNZAF - Ars-en-Re Communal Cemetery Ile de Re Row 5. Grave 1.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1360573 Sgt Cyril Waldron - Pornic War Cemetery 2. H. 11.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1263757 Sgt Charles Henry Durrant - Les-Sables d'Olonne (la Foire-aux-Chats) New Communal Cemetery Plot 9. Row 2. Grave 4.
Air Gunner:975641 Sgt William Joseph Brazier - Ars-en-Re Communal Cemetery Ile de Re Row 4. Grave 1.

Sources:

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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 February 1942 W5440 12 Sqn RAF 6 sea off Schleswig-Holstein w/o
6 May 1942 Z8495 12 Sqn RAF 5 1.5 km northwest of Reuth, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o
9 May 1942 W5574 12 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea w/o
14 July 1942 W5397 12 Sqn RAF 5 Sea off Oksby mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Feb-2018 13:52 Red Dragon Added
19-Oct-2018 18:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
27-May-2020 14:54 TigerTimon Updated [Time]
22-Oct-2021 06:54 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]

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