Date & Time:
Mar 1, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 290 Wellington I
Operator:
Registration:
L4261
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bassingbourn - Bassingbourn
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a Blind Approach Training Flight at RAF Bassingbourn. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances east of the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (9th BATF):
F/Lt Philip H. Buckley, pilot,
P/O Henry J. Clements,
Sgt William H. Glover,
AC2 Henry F. Johnson,
AC2 Walter J. Kenneth,
Sgt Victor C. Dennant, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald A. Poyser, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew (9th BATF):
F/Lt Philip H. Buckley, pilot,
P/O Henry J. Clements,
Sgt William H. Glover,
AC2 Henry F. Johnson,
AC2 Walter J. Kenneth,
Sgt Victor C. Dennant, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald A. Poyser, wireless operator and air gunner.
