Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Mayfield: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 13, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
LP397
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Castle Donington - Castle Donington
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Twenty-five minutes after its take off from RAF Castle Donington, the aircraft entered in a thunderstorm area and went out of control. It dove into the ground and crashed in a field, killing all six occupants.
Crew (28th OTU):
F/O Joseph Starr, pilot,
F/O George David Wills Buchanan, navigator,
Sgt William Corley Davis, air bomber,
Sgt William George Paterson, air gunner,
Sgt James Joseph Urban Stevens, air gunner,
Sgt Richard John Taylor, air gunner.
Crew (28th OTU):
F/O Joseph Starr, pilot,
F/O George David Wills Buchanan, navigator,
Sgt William Corley Davis, air bomber,
Sgt William George Paterson, air gunner,
Sgt James Joseph Urban Stevens, air gunner,
Sgt Richard John Taylor, air gunner.
