ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141962
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| Date: | Monday 19 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 20 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | R1646 |
| MSN: | JM-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | In the hills near Braemar, in Royal Deeside -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth |
Proceeded on a cross country flight from RAF Lossiemouth. Unfortunately the aircraft did not return as predicted. On 19 February 1942 RAF Lossiemouth received a message from the Police that the wreckage of an aircraft had been reported in the vicinity of Clunie Water near Braemar. A service party struggled across a countryside that was covered in snow 3 days later. They confirmed that it was the remains of the missing Wellington. ON gathering of the evidence it was surmised that the aircraft crashed approx 12:50 on the day. Most of the crew were buried in Dyce Old Cemetery.
Crew
Fg Off J W Thomson DFC RNZAF +
Sgt R J Jackson RCAF +
Flt Sgt H J Kelley RCAF +
Sgt J B Riley +
Sgt B C Dickson RAAF +
Sgt R A Milliken RAAF +
Sgt W M Greenbank RAFVR
Sgt Greenbank was buried in Windermere Cemetery (where his parents lived).
Sources:
https://stv.tv/news/scotland/north/294301-70th-anniversary-of-second-world-war-plane-crash/
Bomber Command OTU Losses 1942.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2012 11:04 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Jan-2012 11:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 19-Jan-2012 11:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Jan-2012 11:12 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 28-Oct-2017 19:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2017 06:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2022 06:32 | Winterfloodian | Updated [Narrative] |
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