ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21630
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| Date: | Thursday 25 June 1942 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 23 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L7891 |
| MSN: | FZ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waterstock, West of Tiddington, Oxfordshire. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pershore, Worcestershire |
This aircraft took off from its base at Pershore at 16.55 hours for a cross-country flight. Aircraft dived into the ground from 3,000 feet and crashed as a consequence of the dinghy breaking from its stowage and fouling the controls. Wreckage was spread over a wide area to the west of Tiddington/Wheatley, Oxfordshire. Main impact point is today located within the grounds of Waterstock Golf Club. All five crew killed:
Crew:
Pilot:R/76973 Flt Sgt Charles George MacDonald RCAF - Haddenham (St Mary) Churchyard
Navigator:73124 Plt Off Cyril Dinham Chant - Minehead Cemetery Somerset Cons. ground. Grave 2716.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Plt Off Arthur Walter Smith - Streatham Park Cemetery Square 27. Grave 43499.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Plt Off Lloyd George Morrison RCAF - Haddenham (St Mary) Churchyard
Air Gunner:1117538 Sgt Francis William Sims - Greenford Park Cemetery Sec. S.4. Row 9. Grave.
Sources:
1. Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N99999
2. http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-5/styled-9/styled-176/index.html
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1942/archives/crash-of-a-vickers-wellington-in-united-kingdom-19/]
4. CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2008 11:20 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 19:20 | ABBA | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 14-Jan-2017 20:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2018 14:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 11:25 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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