Crash of an 18 Operational Training Unit Wellington in October 1944
At 2245hrs (10.45pm) on Monday 16th October 1944 Vickers Wellington
LN536 (Mk X) of 12 OTU crashed near Warrington, Bucks, killing the crew of
six. It had been in the air for 3hrs 30 minutes and would have been heading
back to its base at Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire when it is thought
fire took hold. Despite wartime censorship a reference was made to the
incident in 20th October issue of the Beds Times and Standard: “Aeroplane
Crashes in Flames / Villagers Search for the Crew / When an aeroplane
crashed in flames about half a mile from Lavendon on Monday night, scores
of villagers searched the neighbourhood in the hope of finding members of
the crew, who, it was thought, might have jumped to safety. The ‘plane had
exploded above the village a few minutes earlier.
The NFS arrived from Olney, but for some time could not get near the
wreckage because of exploding ammunition. Later parachutes were
discovered near the ‘plane and it was assumed that all the crew had lost
their lives.”
found by googling Wellington LN536
PaulH
Cewlisted as
Rank Name Killed/Injured
S/L A L Vipan Killed
F/L D J Falconer Killed
Sgt W H Chappell Killed
Sgt V S Wright Killed
Sgt P N Hewitt Killed
Sgt H D Hudson Killed
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