ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225889
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| Date: | Sunday 3 March 1940 |
| Time: | 22:25 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk 1a |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3006 |
| MSN: | LN-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
| RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
Vickers Wellington Mk 1a, N3006 (LN-E), of 99 Squadron, RAF, was airborne from RAF Newmarket at 18:30 on 3rd March 1940 for a Nickel (leaflet dropping raid). The squadron was recalled back to base, as the mission was "scrubbed" due to reports of adverse weather over the target area. Approaching Newmarket, Wellington N3006 crashed at Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Suffolk (11 miles South West of Thetford, Norfolk) at 22:25 hours and the aircraft burst into flames. The entire crew were killed.
They were:-
Pilot Officer Alexander Stewart RAF (Pilot, Service Number 70819); buried at Dalziel (Airbles) Cemetery (Commission: Gazette of 14th November 1930)
Pilot Officer John Nemours Carter RAF (Co Pilot, Service Number 72448, aged 19); buried at West Row Baptist Chapelyard, Suffolk (Commission: Gazette of 31st October 1939)
AC.1 Peter William Corvan RAF (Wireless Op/Air Gunner, Service Number 549742, aged 19); buried at West Row Baptist Chapelyard, Suffolk
LAC James Crawford Forster RAF (Service Number 524766, aged 27); buried at Newmarket Cemetery, Newmarket, Suffolk
AC.2 Frank Hart RAF (Wireless Op, Service Number 631366); buried at Wath upon Dearne Cemetery, South Yorkshire
Sgt Arthur Kenneth Saxon RAF (Observer, Service Number 581022, aged 27); buried at West Row Baptist Chapelyard, Suffolk
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/100: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141922
3. https://rotherhamwarmemorials.weebly.com/part-41.html
4. http://undyingmemory.net/Newmarket/forster%20james.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-408-wellington-ia-barton-mills-6-killed
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2715645/stewart,-alexander/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721264/carter,-john-nemours/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721265/corvan,-peter-william/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721013/forster,-james-crawford/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2414402/hart,-frank/
11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721273/saxon,-arthur-kenneth/
12. http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
13. http://undyingmemory.net/Newmarket/forster%20james.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 December 1939 | N2911 | 99 Sqn RAF | 6 | Sea, off Wangerooge Island, Lower Saxony |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 20 February 1940 | N3004 | 99 Sqn RAF | 0 | Sauvenière near Gembloux, 16 km NW Namur |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2019 17:16 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Jun-2019 09:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Sep-2021 13:13 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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