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Date: | Tuesday 5 August 1941 |
Time: | 16:45 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
Owner/operator: | 20 OTU RAF |
Registration: | N2828 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
Narrative:Vickers Wellington N2828, 20 OTU RAF: Writtten off (destroyed) 5.8.41. Involved in Training-Air-to-air firing practice exercise. After the exercise, and returning to base in high winds, while taking avoiding action to miss some trees, stalled and crashed at 16:45 near the airfield. Of the six crew, three were killed, and three survived with injuries.
Crew of Wellington N2828:
Pilot Officer Harold William Griffin (Service Number 67698) RAFVR - killed in active service 5.8.41
Sergeant Noel Desmond Cryer (Service Number 1061578) RAFVR - killed in active service 5.8.41
Pilot Officer Edgar Alan Dare (Service Number 82976) RAFVR killed in active service 5.8.41
Pilot Officer R B Ingalls (RCAF) - survived with injuries
Sergeant S F McDonnell - survived with injuries
Sergeant K R Cox - survived with injuries
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p.15)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/8080:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16757377 3.
https://rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=j4771&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all 4. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2361058/harold-william-griffin/ 5. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2407031/noel-desmond-cryer/ 6. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2714398/edgar-alan-dare/ 7.
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/105392 8.
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/105660 9.
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/109341 10.
https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1941.pdf 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth#Second_World_War_(1939%E2%80%931945)
Media:
Memorial to RAF 20 Operational Training Unit located at Bogs of Mayne (former RAF Elgin), Morayshire, Scotland.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Oct-2019 06:26 |
tachel |
Added |
29-Mar-2022 19:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
29-Mar-2022 20:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |