Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3665,
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Date:Thursday 26 March 1942
Time:evening
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: X3665
MSN: DX-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:40 hrs for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by heavy Flak. The crew all rest in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Ronald Vernon Snook RNZAF NZ/404960 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Peter John Paine RAFVR 1253892 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Christopher Grant Freeman RAFVR 988755 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Donald Leslie Ballingall RCAF R/63745 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Valentine Hill RAFVR 1163247 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant David Watson Bond RAFVR 971971 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3665
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 July 1941 R1369 57 Sqn RAF 4 North Sea off Friesland w/o
8 November 1941 Z8903 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea probably off Alkmaar, Noord-Holland w/o
16 March 1942 X3599 57 Sqn RAF 5 Thomas Mountain County Down Northern Ireland w/o
27 July 1942 Z1654 57 Sqn RAF 5 Großenaspe, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
27 July 1942 X3653 57 Sqn RAF 5 Lemwerder, Niedersachsen w/o
29 July 1942 Z1650 57 Sqn RAF 6 Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Apr-2020 20:28 TigerTimon Added
02-Apr-2024 06:59 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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