Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic DV892, Friday 18 December 1942
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Date:Friday 18 December 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:1474 SD/WI Flt RAF
Registration: DV892
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Norh Sea -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Gransden Lodge,
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Training flight. Disappeared over the North Sea. Two killed, five missing.

P/O Frederick Andrew Couper is burried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
P/O William Turner is burried at Batley Cemetery, United Kingdom.

P/O P.R. Ackernley, F/S L.E.F. McKenna, P/O S.C. McLellan, F/S A. Taylor, F/O J. Williams and AC2 T.N. Jasper have no known grave.

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, volume 8, page 200.
Faldne Allierede Flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/118623/
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194275.shtml

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Mar-2024 10:07 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]
12-May-2024 17:49 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Source]

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