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| Date: | Saturday 30 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3706 |
| MSN: | GT-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Triel-sur-Seine 22km NW Central Paris -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury (takeoff at 00:27 hrs) |
| Gennevilliers |
Cause not known (flak?). Crashed Triel-sur-Seine 22km NW Central Paris
Crew:-
Pilot:37174 Wg Cdr Peter George Roland Heath -Viroflay New Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 13.
Pilot:1380318 Sgt Wilfred George Thomson - Viroflay New Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 18.
Navigator:111680 Flt Lt Wilfred Roland Maitland DFC - Viroflay New Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 15 (NCO:982537 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 December, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1002306 Sgt Donald Keith Newton Scott - Viroflay New Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 11.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:944101 Sgt Frederick George Brown - Viroflay New Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 16.
Air Gunner:84882 Flt Lt Percy Arthur Dalton - Viroflay New Communal Cemetery Row A. Grave 17 (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 October, 1940)
Sources:
France-Crashes 39-45
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
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Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2017 20:16 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 21:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-May-2022 17:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 21-May-2024 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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