Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC X9635 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202906
 
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Date:Tuesday 28 April 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:27 OTU RAF
Registration: X9635
MSN: BB-Y
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hamoir, Liège -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Lichfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Tasked to drop leaflets in the Lille region of France. Takeoff at 21:58 hrs.
Crashed under unknown circumstances.
The crew rests in the Heverlee War Cemetery:

Pilot: 403652 Fg Off Laurence Guy Chick RAAF - killed.
Observer: 402672 Sgt Maurice Ben Remfry RAAF - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1310824 Sgt Frederick Joseph Dodd - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 911756 Sgt John Richard Stukins - killed
Air Gunner: 411220 Sgt Albert John Glaister RAAF - killed

Sources:

Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-bij-hamoir
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Dec-2017 15:46 Red Dragon Added
13-Dec-2017 16:06 Red Dragon Updated [Cn]
17-Feb-2018 08:04 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
27-Apr-2022 17:26 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Apr-2022 17:27 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
26-Jun-2022 03:05 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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