ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225160
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Wednesday 13 November 1940 |
| Time: | 02:00 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley B Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4232 |
| MSN: | AWA.1905 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pen Bryn Oer farm, Rhymney Hill, near Tredegar. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V T4232 ("ZA-W"), was assigned to 10 Squadron and hit Pen Bryn Oer farm on the summit of Rhymney Hill on 13th November 1940. The plane was off course in cloud. Four crewmen survived, one was killed. The Whitley was based at RAF Leeming and was tasked with attacking U-boat pens at Lorient. The weather conditions were poor with possibility of icing.
At 01:42 hours the aircraft struck the summit of Rhymney Hill near Tredegar. The Whitley’s undercarriage was torn off and one engine was damage, and then the aircraft plunged down the mountain slope into a pond. One of the five crew was killed, the other four survived, albeit injured:
Flying Officer Peter Wellwood Fortune Landale (Pilot)(Service Number 70379) - injured.
Sergeant Peter Dickens Goldsmith (2nd Pilot/Co-Pilot) (Service Number 745580, aged 19) - later died of injuries from the crash at Rhymney Cottage Hospital. Buried Farnborough (St. Giles the Abbot) Churchyard, Grave 40.
Pilot Officer F.R. Goddard (Observer) Injured.
Sergeant George Christie (Wireless Op/Air Gunner) (Service Number 971579) - injured.
Sergeant Ernest Philip Lewis (Air Gunner) (Service Number 970467) - injured.
Sources:
1. Doylerush, E, 2008, Rocks in the Clouds: High Ground Aircraft Crashes in South Wales, p.86-89, p.106.
2. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
3. https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/13332905.how-the-crash-of-an-raf-whitley-bomber-shattered-the-peace-of-a-tredegar-farm/
4. http://tr4ce.co.uk/aircrash/?page_id=204
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2361097/goldsmith,-peter-dickens/
6. https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/13325657.memorial-to-wartime-tredegar-bomber-crash-unveiled/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2019 19:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-May-2019 18:54 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation