ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53802
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| Date: | Monday 2 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IA |
| Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2992 |
| MSN: | LF-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Feltwell, UK (takeoff at 20:50 hrs local time) |
| Feltwell, UK |
Flew into sea on return from Hannover raid (CFIT accident).
Cause either faulty altimeter setting or pilot falling asleep. The pilot was the only survivor:
Pilot P/O. M.S. Burberry RAF / rescued by HMS Niger two days later
Second Pilot P/O. G.H. Jackson RAF / killed
Observer P/O. H. Philippe RAF / killed
WOp Sgt. C.J. Hooper RAF / killed
Air Gunner Sgt. P.W. Barber RAF / killed
Air Gunner Sgt. T.C.M. Browne RNZAF / killed
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0808&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999, published 1991
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 September 1940 | R3150 | 37 Sqn RAF | 5 | Malgarten, Bramsche, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Jan-2012 11:40 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2020 13:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2022 21:48 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
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