Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC HF918 , Sunday 7 June 1942
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Date:Sunday 7 June 1942
Time:01:05
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:156 Sqn RAF
Registration: HF918
MSN: GT-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Westerstede, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Alconbury
Destination airport:Emden, Niedersachsen
Narrative:
Claimed by Fw Hans Berschwinger 4./NJG2 - Moorburg 5km North of Westerstede: 5,300m at 01:05.
Crew
Pilot:R/77521 Flt Sgt Thomas Meldram Terris RCAF - Sage War Cemetery 3. B. 11.
Observer:1379151 Sgt James William Wooff - Sage War Cemetery 3. B. 13.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:994507 Sgt Kenneth Noel Drake - Sage War Cemetery 3. B. 12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1060161 Sgt Charles Stanley Harding - Sage War Cemetery 3. B. 1.
Air Gunner:1205633 Sgt Leslie James Hunter - Sage War Cemetery 3. B. 14.

Sources:

Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Jan-2018 20:08 Red Dragon Added
06-Nov-2018 21:29 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
27-Apr-2020 12:42 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport]

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