Incident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3651 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201442
 
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Date:Sunday 15 March 1942
Time:15:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:101 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3651
MSN: SR-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:RAF Bourn -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Bourn
Narrative:
The aircraft crash landed just short of the runway at 15:30.

Crew:-Pilot : Sergeant Hunt RAF
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Ralph Arthan RAFVR 1108989 [Injured]
Sergeant Philip Bruce Dauncey RAFVR 1262963 [Injured]
Sergeant E Gouldon RAF [Injured]
Sergeant Kenneth Nisbett RAFVR 1251529 [Injured]

Sgt Arthan was killed in June, Wellington X3473
Sgts Dauncey and Nisbett were killed five weeks later, Wellington X3701

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 May 1942 Z1612 101 Sqn RAF 0 Galder, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Nov-2017 19:38 Red Dragon Added
09-Oct-2018 05:44 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
12-Mar-2024 20:30 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
12-Mar-2024 20:33 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]
12-Mar-2024 20:36 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]

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