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Date: | Wednesday 1 May 1940 |
Time: | 20:50L |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk 1a |
Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | P9213 |
MSN: | LF-B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | North Sea -
Norway
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | Stavanger Airfield |
Narrative:Vickers Wellington Mk.1a P9213 (LF-B) of 37 Squadron, RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk: Lost on combat operations when failed to return from a raid on Stavanger, Norway, 1 May 1940. The aircraft left RAF Feltwell at 17:35 hours Local Time on 30 April 1940 for a bombing mission to Stavanger.
Claim by Ofw Erwin Sawallisch 4/JG 77 - South West Stavanger at 20:50. (OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 3 - 44)
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Ridley Lewkenor Bradford RAF 33019 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer James Douglas Morrison RAF 41096 [Killed]
Sergeant James Thomas Bowen RAF 515101 [Killed]
Leading Aircraftman Eric William Burnett RAF 613517 [Killed]
Sergeant Basil Elles Sharp Knowles RAF 580790 [Killed]
Leading Aircraftman Philip Andrew Tyler RAF 541348 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1980 p 51)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/185:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142010 3.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-408-wellington-ia-stavanger-6-killed 4.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/26358-P92131940-05-01.html 5.
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/4609/ 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530280/bradford,-ridley-lewkenor/ 7.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1077238/morrison,-james-douglas/ 8.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1802894/knowles,-basil-elles-sharp/ 9.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1809174/tyler,-philip-andrew/ 10.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530178/bowen,-james-thomas/ 11.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530869/burnett,-eric-william/ 12. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 May 1940 |
L7791 |
37 Sqn RAF |
3 |
Hueringhem (Nord) 11 km South of Dunkirk, Pas De Calais |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Jun-2019 22:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
13-Jun-2019 02:41 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
08-Jun-2022 06:06 |
Anon. |
Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
30-Apr-2024 06:44 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |