Date:	Friday 24 May 1940
Time:	03:10
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:	149 (East India) Sqn RAF
Registration:	P9270
MSN:	OJ-G
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Barton Mills, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Mildenhall
Destination airport:	Marshalling Yards Givet

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington P9270/G: Written off (destroyed) when crashed on return from a combat operation on the night of 23-24 May 1940. Three of the crew were injured, the other three were killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/519): "Sergeant G T Mundell, Aircraftman 2nd Class J W Crook and Flying Officer A K Holdsworth: injured. Acting Flight Lieutenant I D Grant-Crawford, Aircraftman 2nd Class J Burton and Aircraftman 1st Class E S Hewitt: report of deaths; Wellington P9270, 24 May 1940".

Wellington P9270 was airborne from RAF Mildenhall at 22.30 on 23 May 1940 to provide tactical support in the battle area. A marshalling yard at Givet on the Franco-Belgian border was the target. Crashed (cause not established) near Barton Mills, Suffolk, as the crew prepared to land back at Mildenhall. As stated above, three crew injured, three crew killed.

Crew of Wellington P9270:
F/Lt (37501) Ian Douglas Grant-Crawford (pilot) RAF: killed in action 24/05/1940
F/O Holdsworth; survived, Injured
Sgt Mundell; survived, Injured
AC.1st Class Edgar Sydney Hewitt, RAF 547086 killed in action 24/05/1940
AC.2nd Class (WOp./Air Gunner) John Burton, RAF 627969, killed in action 24/05/1940
AC.1 Crook; survived, Injured

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 51)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/519: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502140
3. 3 Group Bomber Command By Chris Ward & Steve Smith
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/149_squadron.html#232405
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721267/grant-crawford,-ian-douglas/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2359026/hewitt,-edgar-sydney/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721263/burton,-john/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Aug-2019 22:28	Dr. John Smith	Added
09-Aug-2019 22:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
10-Aug-2019 10:55	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
20-Jun-2022 05:51	Anon.	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]