Date:	Monday 11 June 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington T Mk X
Owner/operator:	2 ANS RAF
Registration:	RP355
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	St. Issey, near RAF Saint Eval, Cornwall, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire
Destination airport:	RAF St. Eval, Cornwall
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington T Mk X RP355, 1 ANS (Air Naviagation School) RAF Thorney Island: Written off (destroyed) 11/6/1951. On final GCA approach to RAF Saint Eval, Cornwall, the aircraft stalled, turned away from the approach path, nosed down and crashed at St. Issey, two miles south of Padstow, Cornwall, a few miles short of the runway at St. Eval. Two crew members were killed while the third occupant was seriously injured.

Crew of Wellington RP355
Flight Sergeant (175108) John Herbert BOLTON, RAF (pilot, aged 30) - killed on active service 11/6/1951
Cadet Navigator Charles Walter DAVIES, RAF (Navigator) - killed on active service 11/6/1951
Cadet Navigator Bellamy-Knight RAF (Navigator) - survived with injuries

Causes: For unknown reasons, the pilot in command adopted a wrong approach configuration and referred to the approach procedures for RAF Saint Merryn, mistaking St. Merryn for St.Eval. It is believed that the loss of control occurred when he realised his mistake.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.115 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 146
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-619-wellington-x-raf-saint-eval-2-killed
4. 2 ANS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955; National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2299/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163209
5. http://aircrewremembered.com/bolton-john.html .
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Issey

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
16-Mar-2017 23:42	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
19-Oct-2019 21:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2019 16:07	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
27-Jan-2021 20:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
28-Jan-2021 23:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
28-Jan-2021 23:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source]
29-Jan-2021 10:00	ABBA	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]
29-Jan-2021 23:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
11-Mar-2021 23:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]