ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302898
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| Date: | Friday 15 January 1943 |
| Time: | 23:42 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 23 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | X3964 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rowney Green, Worcestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pershore |
| RAF Pershore |
Doing circuits, experienced port engine failure while overshooting runway at home base during night flying training mission. Only a partial crew of three on board, all perished in crash.
Pilot: R/122199 Flight Sergeant Wilfred Joseph Alexander Duplin (RCAF)
Air Gunner: R/148801 Sergeant Willis Eric Barr (RCAF)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: 1314570 Sergeant Jack Henry Robson (RAFVR)
Sources:
Archives Canada RCAF Archives historical microfilms
Personnel files of both RCAF crew members containing the actual loss and crash investigation reports
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=X3964
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1943.htm
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2712282
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2712301
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=X3964&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=x3964&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2712331/jack-henry-robson/
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