Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Broomhead Moor
Date & Time:
Dec 9, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
DV810
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Edgehill - Edgehill
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During a night training mission, the aircraft hit a hill in Broomhead Moor, northwest of Sheffield. All six occupants were injured while the aircraft was destroyed. At the time, weather conditions were poor with low clouds, rain falls and strong winds.
Crew (21st OTU):
P/O Stanley Baker, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony St Clair Turner, pilot,
F/Sgt Donald Norman Dawson, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Weeks, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Walter Samuel Sinclair, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Alan Gordon Allwright, wireless operator.
Crew (21st OTU):
P/O Stanley Baker, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony St Clair Turner, pilot,
F/Sgt Donald Norman Dawson, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Weeks, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Walter Samuel Sinclair, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Alan Gordon Allwright, wireless operator.
