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Date: Wednesday 1 May 1940
Time: 20:50
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk 1a
Owner/Operator: 37 Sqn RAF
Registration: P9213
MSN: LF-B
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Aircraft missing
Location: North Sea - Norway
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk
Destination Airport: Stavanger Airfield
Narrative: 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 : Squadron Leader Ridley Lewkenor Bradford RAF 33019 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer James Douglas Morrison RAF 41096 [Killed]
Sergeant James Thomas Bowen RAF 515101 [Killed]
Leading Aircraftman Eric William Burnett RAF 613517 [Killed]
Sergeant Basil Elles Sharp Knowles RAF 580790 [Killed]
Leading Aircraftman Philip Andrew Tyler RAF 541348 [Killed]

All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial.
 
Date: Friday 13 March 1942
Time: Evening
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/Operator: 12 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z8578
MSN: PH-?
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Aircraft missing
Location: Missing -
Phase: Unknown
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Binbrook (takeoff at 20:15 hrs)
Destination Airport: operation - Dunkerque, France
Narrative: Lost without trace.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Leslie McKenzie Scott RNZAF NZ/401291 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Joseph Antonio Lucien Giroux RCAF R/54903 [Killed]
Sergeant George William Howes RAFVR 1168632 [Killed]
Sergeant Richard Alfred Hudd RAFVR 1376005 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Frederick William Jones RAFVR 106525 (NCO:1001168 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 October, 1941) [Killed]
Sergeant Leslie Ronald Meager RAFVR 1254942 [Killed]

All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
 
Date: Friday 13 March 1942
Time: Night
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 9 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3603
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Unknown
Location: Outside RAF Bodney, 4.5 miles west of Watton, Norfolk, England. - United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Honington, Suffolk (takeoff at 19:34 hrs)
Destination Airport: operation - Kiel, Germany
Narrative: It is believed that the aircraft was hit by flak which damaged the starboard engine. On attempting to land at RAF Bodney control was lost and the aircraft crashed just short of the runway. No serious injuries reported.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Webb RAF
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Victor William Saul RAFVR 108002 (NCO:928737 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 November, 1941)
Crew : Sergeant Frank Crawford Evans RAFVR 1052467
Crew : Sergeant James Rutherford RAFVR 996598
Crew : Sergeant Alexander Swiderski RCAF R/60293
Crew : Sergeant Vickers RAF

Saul, Webb, Swiderdski and Rutherford were killed a couple of weeks later, in Wellington X3965.
 
Date: Friday 13 March 1942
Time:
Type: Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/Operator: 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: X3585
MSN: AA-V
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other Fatalities: 0
Aircraft Damage: Aircraft missing
Location: Missing -
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure Airport: RAF Feltwell
Destination Airport:
Narrative: Lost without trace

Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Frederick Kelly Sandys RCAF J/4814 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 99
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Roy Joffre Desmond Woodcock RNZAF NZ/404985 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 118
Navigator : Pilot Officer John Earle RNZAF NZ/401756 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 115
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Henry John Price RNZAF NZ/404095 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 117
Air Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Thomas James Desmond Baber MiD Czech Medal for Bravery RNZAF NZ/39857 [Killed] - Runnymede Memorial Panel 114
Air Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Joseph Dunn RAFVR 1001633 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 82
 
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