ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205287
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 21 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | X3179 |
| MSN: | SJ-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Lost without trace - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Edgehill |
Takeoff at 22:29 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1949 that the missing crew had lost their lives at sea.
Crew
Pilot: Aus/404056 Flt Sgt Ian Frank McManus RAAF - killed
Observer:580847 WO James George Simpkin - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:639771 Flt Sgt Frank Cross - killed
Air Gunner:1356185 Sgt Arthur O’Quinn (Newfoundlander) - killed
Air Gunner:1214222 Sgt Norman Frank Poulton - killed
Sources:
RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS IN WORLD WAR 2
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=%09X3179
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2018 15:59 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 10:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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