Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | R1298 |
Markings |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | West Knoyle Churchyard |
Grave Reference | N.W. corner.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 111 |
Service Number | 74344 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 18 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Abbott B T (Sgt) |
Gosden W L (Sgt) |
Hill V C (Sgt) |
Jachna L (Sgt) |
Kwiatkowski H R (Sgt) |
Minkiewicz A (F/O) |
Orynek J P (Sgt) |
Perkowski Z J (W/O) |
Wojciechowski S J (Sgt) |
Start Date | 04-02-1941 |
End Date | 04-02-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Bramcote |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | On navigation exercise during which the crew strayed off track. At 1250, or thereabouts, the Wellington flew into a barrage balloon cable and crashed, possibly in the area of Church Minshull, 4 miles SW of Middlewich, Cheshire. To date, this was the highest death toll in a single OTU accident. |