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Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Barton Bendish

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1941 at 0430 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5449
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Barton Bendish RLG
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2110LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It crash landed at 0430LT in a wheat field at Hall Farm, Barton Bendish, after flying from the Dutch coast with the starboard engine on fire. All six crew members survived.
Crew:
S/L H. L. Price, pilot,
Sgt Webber,
F/S Woodmason,
Sgt Riley,
Sgt Giles,
Sgt Davidson.
Probable cause:
Right engine on fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at Barton Bendish RLG: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
X2917
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Barton Bendish RLG
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2235LT on an operation to Calais. The crew encountered poor weather conditions over East Anglia and decided to return to base. While flying too low, the airplane clipped the tops of trees and crashed just inside the perimeter of the Barton Bendish RLG located near RAF Marham. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gordon Stephenson Bradbury, pilot,
Sgt William Joseph McQuade, observer,
Sgt David Hinton Howe, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Samuel David Yeomans, wireless operator.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at Barton Bendish RLG: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 16, 1940 at 1930 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9249
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Barton Bendish RLG
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While flying at a height of about 200 feet, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed near Barton Bendish RLG. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O E. W. Plumb, †
AC1 Morecock,
AC2 Norman.

Crash of a Vickers 290 Wellington I in Boughton: 7 killed

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1939 at 1535 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 290 Wellington I
Operator:
Registration:
L4239
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Barton Bendish – Marham
Location:
Boughton
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
On a ferry flight to Barton Bendish RLG, the crew decided to complete some training maneuvers. The pilot reduced his altitude and performed some sharp turns at low level when the aircraft hit a tree and crashed in a field located in Marks Farm, some 7 km southwest of RAF Marham. All seven crewmen were killed.
Crew (38th Squadron):
Sgt Edward Thomas Summers,
LAC David George,
AC1 John Clarence Bailey,
AC1 William Watson,
AC2 William Henry Dye,
AC2 Alan Hardman,
AC2 George Henry Charles Newman.
Probable cause:
Poor judgment on part of the pilot-in-command.
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