Incident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3387 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203693
 
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Date:Sunday 31 May 1942
Time:00:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3387
MSN: DX-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Berner's Heath Range near Lakenheath, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
Soon after takeoff the port engine siezed due to the lack of oil pressure. The incendiaries they carried were jettisoned. A crash-landing was carried out at Berner's Heath Range near Lakenheath. No major injuries reported:

Plt Off Ravenhill
Fg Off Taylor
Sgt R E Osbourne
Sgt H W Bond
Sgt R W Yapp

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3387+

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 July 1941 R1624 57 Sqn RAF 6 near the Veldstraat road, Bocholt, Limburg w/o
2 March 1942 X3748 57 Sqn RAF 2 Sprendlingen near Bad Kreuznach w/o
2 April 1942 X3425 57 Sqn RAF 6 west of Opoeteren, Maaseik, Limburg (claim location) w/o
2 April 1942 X3607 57 Sqn RAF 6 woods east of Lorsch, Hessen w/o
2 April 1942 Z1565 57 Sqn RAF 5 between Wasserlos and Hörstein, south of Alzenau; Bayern w/o
2 April 1942 X3410 57 Sqn RAF 6 Frettenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o
9 April 1942 X3757 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea 20km N of Vlieland, Friesland mis
18 April 1942 X3478 57 Sqn RAF 0 Mulsum, Kutenholz, Niedersachsen w/o
18 April 1942 X3542 57 Sqn RAF 3 near the Marienhof, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
29 April 1942 X3640 57 Sqn RAF 5 park of Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines 78 w/o
Mid-air collision
18 May 1942 DV806 57 Sqn RAF 0 Sea 200yds off Dungeness mis
2 June 1942 DV816 57 Sqn RAF 0 Westerschelde estuary NW of Wemeldinge, Zeeland w/o
3 June 1942 X9787 57 Sqn RAF 5 north of Gildehaus, GB, Niedersachsen w/o
6 June 1942 HF915 57 Sqn RAF 5 North Sea w/o
23 June 1942 X3758 57 Sqn RAF 5 presumed lost over the sea - Niedersachsen mis
30 June 1942 Z1578 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea mis
30 June 1942 Z1618 57 Sqn RAF 3 North Sea, off Dutch coast mis
22 July 1942 X3584 57 Sqn RAF 5 Missing mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jan-2018 15:07 Red Dragon Added
07-Nov-2018 19:36 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
21-Apr-2020 14:43 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]

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