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Date: | Tuesday 10 February 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 11 OTU RAF |
Registration: | X9905 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Corn Way, Leytonstone, London, England. -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Steeple Morden |
Destination airport: | RAF Steeple Morden |
Narrative:Wellington X9905: aircraft accident at ARP Depot Harrow Green, Leytonstone. 10/02/1942
Crashed into Harrow Green School after losing control in bad weather, killing all six crew and five people on ground.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant William Mance RAFVR 1265410 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant John (Jack) Sharrock Taylor RAFVR 1024292 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Harold Ernest Jowett RCAF R/64869 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Wilfred Ford RAFVR 1310041 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Allen Charles Elliott Rogers RAFVR 964849 [Killed]
Sergeant Arthur James Foote RAAF Aus/407557 [Killed]
Civilian : Mr Walter George Black Civilian (ARP Warden) Age 21 [Killed]
Civilian : Mr Henry Arthur Edwards Civilian (ARP Warden) Age 46 [Killed]
Civilian : Mr James Edwin Gorham Civilian (ARP Warden) Age 37 [Killed]
Civilian : Mr Joseph George Smith Civilian (ARP Warden) Age 34 [Killed]
Civilian : Mr Albert Edward Stanion Civilian (ARP Warden) Age 29 [Killed]
Sources:
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/11136797.search-wwii-bomber-crash-victim-relatives/ http://aircrewremembered.com/mance-william.html https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMPRV6_Vickers_Wellington_Bomber_X9905_Corn_Way_London_UK http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=X9905 AIR81/12062
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jul-2022 14:47 |
ryan |
Added |
05-May-2024 14:58 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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