26 OTU'S Vickers Wellington III (#BK440) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took off from RAF Wing on a cross-country training flight. After flying for about one hour and fifteen minutes in cloudy, freezing weather conditions, it is thought that there was a loss of control and structural failure which caused the Wellington to crash at high speed near Hindolveston in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The six airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Eric Wilfred BROWN,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Nicholas DOHERTY,
RCAF Sergeant Arthur William ELLIS,
RCAF Sergeant William Edward MARTIN,
RAF Flight Sergeant Arthur MERRIDEW and
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 419461
Age: 20
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 26 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire
Son of Daniel and Bridget Doherty of Essendon Victoria, Australia.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
26 OTU'S Vickers Wellington III (#BK440) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took off from RAF Wing on a cross-country training flight. After flying for about one hour and fifteen minutes in cloudy, freezing weather conditions, it is thought that there was a loss of control and structural failure which caused the Wellington to crash at high speed near Hindolveston in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The six airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Eric Wilfred BROWN,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Nicholas DOHERTY,
RCAF Sergeant Arthur William ELLIS,
RCAF Sergeant William Edward MARTIN,
RAF Flight Sergeant Arthur MERRIDEW and
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 419461
Age: 20
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 26 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire
Son of Daniel and Bridget Doherty of Essendon Victoria, Australia.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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