Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3759,
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Date:Thursday 23 April 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3759
MSN: WS-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sapiston Suffolk, 67 miles SE of Thetford, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Honington, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed at Sapiston Suffolk, 67 miles SE of Thetford Norfolk.
Crew
Pilot:R/67847 Sgt Warren Thomas Ramey (RCAF) - killed
Pilot: R/66086 Sgt John Monteith (RCAF) - killed
Obs.:NZ401765 Sgt John Whiteside Jasper (RNZAF) - killed
WOp/AG: R/69704 Flt Sgt Joseph Seberras (RCAF) - killed
WOp/AG:1208948 Sgt Eric Edwin Eglinton (RAFVR) - killed
Air Gunner Sgt P G Russel (RAFVR) - Injured

Sources:

CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3759

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
15 February 1942 X3398 9 Sqn RAF 5 Off Clacton on Sea unk
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
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/timeContributorUpdates
10-Dec-2017 20:51 Red Dragon Added
12-Nov-2018 14:58 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
12-May-2019 19:59 Anon. Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]
18-Apr-2020 14:13 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type]
18-Apr-2020 14:25 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source]
26-Jun-2023 17:39 Nepa Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source]]

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