ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230440
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3348 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Location: | Blackden Edge, Kinder Scout, near Edale in Derbyshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, Yorkshire |
| RAF Croft |
The aircraft departed Croft at 1651hrs with 3,240lb of incendiary bombs along with six other 427 Wellingtons and joined up 150 bombers of the main stream force to attack targets in Lorient, France. On the return flight the aircraft crash landed on level moorland on the south side Blackden Edge, Kinder Scout, near Edale. The aircraft was written off but all the crew survived with various non-lethal injuries:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Carroll Alfred Taylor RCAF
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Lyndon George Southwood RAF
Navigator : Pilot Officer George Andrew Martin RAF 128646 (NCO:1316327 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 December, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Donald Mortimer RAF Injured
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Anthony David Deane RCAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Lumsden RAFVR 1061816
Sources:
RAF Commands
aircrashsites.co.uk
https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-district/vickers-wellington-x3348-blackden-edge/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2019 11:39 | Paul McGuiness | Added |
| 12-Dec-2019 07:47 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2024 07:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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