Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X LN238,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266069
 
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Date:Friday 21 January 1944
Time:14:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:84 OTU RAF
Registration: LN238
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Geddington Chase wood, Northamptonshire. -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Desborough
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Day time training/aircrew refresher mission, circuits and landings. Starboard engine failed and propeller was feathered but aircrash crashed killing 3 of 7 onboard.
Instructor pilot: J/17534 F/O C.L. Spooner RCAF - Killed
Pupil pilot: 150061 F/O Harold Hoyle RAFVR - Killed
Pupil pilot: 1161520 Sgt George Leslie Arthur Dunmall RAFVR - Injured
Navigator: 151887 P/O Gooding RAFVR - Injured
Wireless Op/Gunner: 1565909 Sgt George Charles Ogilvie RAFVR - Killed
Bomb Aimer: 955150 Sgt Ronald Leonard Morris RAFVR - Injured
Air Gunner: 429039 Sgt Patterson RAAF - Injured

Sources:

Personnel records of RCAF instructor pilot F/O Spooner.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=LN238
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=17534&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Jul-2021 00:17 tachel Added
09-Feb-2022 21:44 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]

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