ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192033
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| Date: | Sunday 7 November 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 15 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | Z9106 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Cheveey, Berkshire, England, -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hampstead Norris, Berkshire |
| RAF Hampstead Norris |
On the night of 6/7 November 1943¹ his crew was tasked to carry out a Bullseye sortie (a flying exercise planned to simulate as closely as possible an operational night flight). Their aircraft was a Wellington IC Z9106. It took off from RAF Hampstead Norris at 18:57hrs. On returning to base it was sighted flying at 1,000 feet and parallel to the flare path. Then, while turning to port the starboard engine surged and almost immediately the Wellington began to lose height.
At this juncture the pilot P/O AG McAlpine RAAF lost sight of the flare path and when his port engine cut out at 100 feet he had no option at 01:55hrs but to force-land straight ahead, hitting trees and a brick built garage at North Heath, Chievley, 5 miles N of Newbury, Berkshire. Sgt H Haire was injured. Sgt A Follett RCAF (of Grand Bank, Newfoundland) died.
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Crew:
F/O (Aus418152) A F McALPINE (Pilot) RAAF
P/O (J/24039) Frederick Florent SAIT (Nav) RCAF
Sgt (1580574) W W BRIGHT (Wop/AG) RAFVR
Sgt (636986) H. HAIR (Wop/AG) RAF - injured
Sgt (R/176962) ALBERT FOLLET (AG) RCAF - killed
We were stationed at Hampstead Norris, a satellite of Harwell. The aircraft used were Vickers Wellington Mark ICs and I had flown 39/35 hrs (Day) and 40/30 hrs (Night) 40/30 hrs (Night). After a training flight in the aircraft Victors 271 Wellington Ic Z9106, due to failure of the starboard engine, we crashed at North Cheveey, Berkshire, returning from a 'Bullseye Exercise', on the night of 6/7 November 1943. At the time we were in the 'circuit'.
The Rear Gunner - Sgt. Albert FOLLETT (RCAF) was killed and the Mid/Upper Gunner injured and admitted to 'Sick Quarters'.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/47/a2757747.shtml
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2016 08:36 | Gareth V Hynes | Added |
| 26-Dec-2017 06:31 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location] |
| 08-Jan-2021 20:47 | Koumas | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
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