ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226114
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 May 1940 |
| Time: | 20:50L |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk 1a |
| Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P9213 |
| MSN: | LF-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk |
| Stavanger Airfield |
Vickers Wellington Mk.1a P9213 (LF-B) of 37 Squadron, RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk: Lost on combat operations when failed to return from a raid on Stavanger, Norway, 1 May 1940. The aircraft left RAF Feltwell at 17:35 hours Local Time on 30 April 1940 for a bombing mission to Stavanger.
Claim by Ofw Erwin Sawallisch 4/JG 77 - South West Stavanger at 20:50. (OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 3 - 44)
Crew
Pilot: 33019 Sqn Ldr Ridley Lewkenor Bradford - Runnymede Memorial Panel 3.
2nd Pilot: 41096 Plt Off James Douglas Morrison (Canada) - Runnymede Memorial Panel 9.
Observer: 580790 Sgt Basil Elles Sharp Knowles - Runnymede Memorial Panel 16.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 541348 LAC Philip Andrew Tyler - Runnymede Memorial Panel 24
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1980 p 51)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/185: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142010
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-408-wellington-ia-stavanger-6-killed
4. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/26358-P92131940-05-01.html
5. https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/4609/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530280/bradford,-ridley-lewkenor/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1077238/morrison,-james-douglas/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1802894/knowles,-basil-elles-sharp/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1809174/tyler,-philip-andrew/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530178/bowen,-james-thomas/
11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530869/burnett,-eric-william/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 1940 | L7791 | 37 Sqn RAF | 3 | Hueringhem (Nord) 11 km South of Dunkirk, Pas De Calais |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2019 22:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Jun-2019 02:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Jun-2022 06:06 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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