ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192661
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 January 1941 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2956 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Great Wratting, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
On 8 January 1941, Plt Off Tom Eric Timmins was the pilot of the Wellington IC T2956 of 214 Sqn RAF, based at R.A.F. Stradishall, Suffolk, which was undergoing an Air Test with a full crew of six, when the aircraft crashed at 1240 hours at Great Wratting near Haverhill, Suffolk. It is thought that the cause of the crash was as the result of the wings of the Wellington icing up whilst flying in cloud. All the crew perished in the crash.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Tom Eric Timmins RAFVR 79164 [Killed] (NCO:745771 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 June, 1940)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Peter Robert Peart RAFVR 740666 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Charles Norman Walker RAFVR 78863 [Killed] (NCO:749421 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 May, 1940)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Edward Griswold RAF 654640 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Cain RAF 638553 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Archibald Sinclair Roberts RAFVR 746816 [Killed]
All were interred in their home towns, apart from Roberts from Glasgow who lies in Haverhill Cemetery, Suffolk.
Sources:
http://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/TENTERDEN%20WW2.pdf
"Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, vol 2: Aircraft and Crew Losses 1941", by W R Chorley. ISBN 0-904597-87-3
https://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wratting
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-anglia/suffolk-county/great-wratting/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2017 09:52 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:30 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-Jan-2024 07:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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