ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200997
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| Date: | Sunday 15 February 1942 |
| Time: | 15:32 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3398 |
| MSN: | WS- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Off Clacton on Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Ditched into the sea 300 yards off Clacton on Sea at 15:32. 18 Group ROC filed a report on the accident. It indicated that there were seven people aboard the aircraft. The two survivors were admitted to Clacton Hospital and their names are not known. Capt R G Buck Royal Artillery was attached to 9 Squadron as an Air Gunner.
Crew
Sgt J W Dalgliesh + Mauchline Cemetery Ayrshire
Sgt F E Coulson + Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery
Sgt W Hutchinson + Honington (All Saints) Churchyard Suffolk
Sgt H Brown + St Endellion (St Endellienta) Churchyard Cornwall
Capt G R Buck + Clacton Cemetery Essex
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Aircrew Remembered
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1941 | R1281 | 9 Sqn RAF | 0 | Arrien, municipality Ommen, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1941 | R1513 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Weser river mouth near Weddewarden, Bremerhaven |  |
w/o |
| 9 March 1942 | X3641 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea north of Noord-Holland | |
mis |
| 9 March 1942 | X3643 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Harleston 16 miles South of Norwich | |
w/o |
| 9 March 1942 | X3411 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | ditched in the North Sea | |
w/o |
| 6 April 1942 | X3415 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | railway station of Sechtem, Bornheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 10 April 1942 | X3702 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Nievenheim (Zinkhüttenweg), Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 13 April 1942 | X3722 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Moers-Vinn, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 23 April 1942 | X3358 | 9 Sqn RAF | 1 | Dormagen-Hackenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 23 April 1942 | X3759 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Sapiston Suffolk, 67 miles SE of Thetford, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 26 April 1942 | X3226 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | - missing - |  |
mis |
| 29 April 1942 | X3716 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Holbøl, Kruså, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 9 May 1942 | X3369 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Rostock, Mecklenburg | |
w/o |
| 18 May 1942 | X3276 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Missing |  |
mis |
| 31 May 1942 | X3469 | 9 Sqn RAF | 1 | Retie, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2017 11:49 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 14:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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