Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III Z1578 ,
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Date:Tuesday 30 June 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:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1578
MSN: DX-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea -
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:35 hrs for an operation to Bremen; failed to return under unknown circumstances. Probably, it was hit by light Flak over Niedersachsen and crashed into the North Sea.
All of the crew are missing in action:

86720 Sqn Ldr John Henry Franks DFC - Runnymede Memorial Panel 65.
J/6172 Plt Off Rutherford James Jackson RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 100.
J/15579 Plt Off Bruce Armstrong Miller RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 101.
1153383 Sgt Peter Edward Gartell - Runnymede Memorial Panel 83.
48896 Plt Off Patrick Edmund O'Meara - Runnymede Memorial Panel 71.
971839 Sgt Norman Windle - Runnymede Memorial Panel 97.

Sources:

CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three

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
31 May 1942 X3387 57 Sqn RAF 0 Berner's Heath Range near Lakenheath, England w/o
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
22 July 1942 X3584 57 Sqn RAF 5 Missing mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Feb-2018 16:55 Red Dragon Added
07-Nov-2018 19:40 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Operator]
05-May-2020 09:11 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
05-May-2020 09:12 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]

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