Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC X9982 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205273
 
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Date:Friday 26 June 1942
Time:overnight
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:16 OTU RAF
Registration: X9982
MSN: XG-A2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Lost without trace -
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Upper Heyford
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft is lost without a trace and all crew members with it:

121053 Pilot Officer William Charles Samuel DFM - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79
117448 Pilot Officer Victor Pierre De Wallens - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69.
1375458 Sergeant John Hatch - Runnymede Memorial Panel 85
R/69866 Flight Sergeant William Tait RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102.
909140 Flight Sergeant Frederick George Fry - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74.
1257566 Sergeant Deric James White - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.

John Hatch is also remembered on a memorial bench at Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire. See source 4.

Sources:

1. Bomber Command Losses 1942
2. CWGC
3. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9982+
4. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/47411

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Jan-2018 12:32 Red Dragon Added
20-Feb-2018 18:05 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
04-May-2020 10:49 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
25-Jul-2023 15:40 Richard Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]]

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