ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225953
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| Date: | Sunday 14 April 1940 |
| Time: | 00:04 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk 1c |
| Owner/operator: | 38 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4339 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 22 miles North-East of Whitby, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wick, Caithness |
Wellington L4339 of 38 Squadron, RAF failed to return from air operations over the North Sea, 14 April 1940. Took off from RAF Wick, Caithness. Task: Night Recce of Vaernes (Trondheim) Aerodrome, Norway. Damaged by a fighter neat the target and later crashed into the sea about 22 miles north-east of Whitby, North Yorkshire, shortly after sending a mayday message, at 00:04 hours. No trace of aircraft or crew was ever found. All six crew posted as "missing presumed dead"
Crew of Wellington L4339:
Pilot Officer Geroge Leslie Crosby RAF (Service Number 40679, aged 20)
Pilot Officer Arthur Guy Wyndham Merewether RAF [New Zealand] (Service Number 41860, aged 23)
Pilot Officer Charles Evelyn Walter Roy Edmunds RAFVR (Service Number 75997, aged 34)
Sub. Lieut. Lionel C.Franklin RN [HMS Sparrowhawk, Fleet Air Arm]
Sgt. Ronald Henry Wills RAF (Service Number 580722)
AC.2 Robert Michael Godfrey Clark RAF (Service Number 618202, aged 26)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 26)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/140: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141890
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzwellington.htm
4. http://baaa-acro.sindev.ch/crash/crash-vickers-290-wellington-i-whitby-6-killed
5. https://75nzsquadron.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/narvik-reconnaissance-12-april-1940-breckon-crew/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/231547/crosby,-george-leslie/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1076739/merewether,-arthur-guy-wyndham/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1531772/wills,-ronald-henry/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084481/clark,-robert-michael-godfrey/
10. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-04APR.htm
11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/232767/edmunds,-charles-evelyn-walter-roy/
12. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/38_squadron.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2019 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Jun-2019 06:57 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
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