Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9660
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O P. S. Duff,
P/O D. M. Wilson,
Sgt R. G. Nicholls,
Sgt Robert Andrew Salchenberger,
Sgt Thomas Harold Freestone.