Crash of Wellington 1c X9941

Thanks Ross for both the images and the PM.

So compensate for the forum upgrade “improvements” a repost of the Form 1180

Pages copyright RAFM Hendon.

Regards
Ross

Hi Ross

Sorry, the links just send me to blank pages. Why can’t they just leave things alone! the Forum was running great till they decided to fix it!!!

Could you send the images to mt e-mail address? I will send it on a PM.

Thanks again,
Ritch.

I can see them at my end but this might be due to cache rather than new page delivery.

Lets try this

http://forum.keypublishing.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=213533&d=1366093969

http://forum.keypublishing.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=213534&d=1366093969

Any joy?

Ross

Thanks for the help Ross and critter592 that is all a great help.

Ross, I couldn’t open the thumbnails in your first reply though, mind you, I have only just managed to get back on the forum, why do they have to mess with things????

From Chorley’s BCL Vol.7, and my own files:

Took off at 1929 for a night navigation exercise, but clipped a tree and crashed at Hoton, near Loughborough.

Crew:
J/85070 Sergeant L A Peers RCAF (Inj) (Aged 25)
1148933 Sergeant D Potter (Inj) (Aged 21)
R125364 Flight Sergeant J B Jamieson RCAF + (Aged 25)

Sergeant Jamieson was the son of Dr A Jamieson and Eva B Jamieson of Ottawa, Canada. He is buried at Burton-on-the-Wolds Cemetery.
On 30 November, Sgt Potter died of his injuries. He was buried at Middlesborought (St Acklam) Cemetery.
Sgt Peers (by then promoted to Pilot Officer) later served with 624 Sqn in the Middle East, on 14:07:1944, his Halifax JN888 ‘T’ failed to return from a SD flight over France. It crashed into the side of Pic de Douly, 1500m asl. More here and here.
He and his crew (F/O Albert John Baythorp R.A.F.V.R., Sgt. Jack Brooke R.A.F.V.R., Sgt. Harry Clarke R.A.F.V.R., F/O Charles Spencer Goble R.A.F.V.R., Sgt. James Arthur Walsh R.A.F.V.R., Sgt. William Ronald Wharmby R.A.F.V.R.) are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

It may be of interest that while searching for one Wellington crash site at Hoton a few years ago (N2764), the farmer mentioned to me that the tree that this aircraft hit was previously struck by another, and had crashed in the adjacent field, further down the hill.
Investigation revealed a second concentration of fragments.

Now the page from the Unit Operations Record Book (ORB) held at The National Archives, Kew.

Page copyright TNA – AIR 29/670

Chorley’s volume on Bomber Command OTU losses should give the full crew list.

Regards
Ross

Hi Ritch,

The attached pages are the RAF Form 1180 (Flying Accicident – Not presumed due to enemy action) that are held by the AHB and RAF Museum.

Pages copyright RAFM Hendon.

Regards
Ross