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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 CrimminsMartin AlexanderSergeant1399693Age 19BritishW/Op/AGRAFVR26OTU1943-11-06WellingtonX3924TrainingMid air collisionKilledUnited Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 99. Epitaph: Our Hero. He Gave His Life. That Wars Might Cease. Forever May He Rest In Peace. Son of Martin and May Crimmins, of Kentish Town, London.

Wellington LN 295 took off from RAF Lichfield for an evening cross-country training. At 2208 hours when flying on a south easterly course at an altitude of 16,000 feet, the aircraft collided with Wellington aircraft X 3924 (Sergeant R B Main (RCAF) (Pilot)) from 26 OTU flying on a north easterly course at the same altitude. Both machines crashed near the main gate at RAF Alconbury not far from the village of Abbots Ripton. Both Pilots had been distracted and saw each other too late to avoid a collision. The pilot of X 3924 pushed the control column forward, causing his tail unit to come into collision with LN 295 on the starboard side in the forward part of the aircraft near the pilot’s cockpit. X 3924 then developed an uncontrolled steep spiral dive to port, which finally resulted into an inverted spin, throwing the pilot through the roof of the cockpit. The aircraft continued to dive at very high speed and it disintegrated due to stress on the airframe. It would have been extremely difficult for the crew to abandon the aircraft, although the Captain had ordered abandon. LN 295 went into a dive from which the pilot was unable to recover. He gave orders to abandon the aircraft, but the inter-com was useless and the call light could not be found. He did not know whether any of the crew had received the order to bale out. The pilot was injured in the collision and finally baled out at 7,000 feet. Both pilots wore their chutes. Five of the crew in LN 295 were killed, Heffernan was injured. Five (three RAF and two RCAF) crew members from X 3924 were killed and the Pilot was injured.
2 EdmondsonSydneySergeant1625218Age 36BritishAGRAFVR26OTU1943-11-06WellingtonX3924TrainingMid air collisionKilledUnited Kingdom, Barnsley Cemetery, Sec. C. Grave 181. Epitaph: "THOU TAKEST ONLY THE BEST". Son of Charles and Rachel Edmondson; husband of Vera Edmondson, of Barnsley.
Courtesy Stephen Farnell


Wellington LN 295 took off from RAF Lichfield for an evening cross-country training. At 2208 hours when flying on a south easterly course at an altitude of 16,000 feet, the aircraft collided with Wellington aircraft X 3924 (Sergeant R B Main (RCAF) (Pilot)) from 26 OTU flying on a north easterly course at the same altitude. Both machines crashed near the main gate at RAF Alconbury not far from the village of Abbots Ripton. Both Pilots had been distracted and saw each other too late to avoid a collision. The pilot of X 3924 pushed the control column forward, causing his tail unit to come into collision with LN 295 on the starboard side in the forward part of the aircraft near the pilot’s cockpit. X 3924 then developed an uncontrolled steep spiral dive to port, which finally resulted into an inverted spin, throwing the pilot through the roof of the cockpit. The aircraft continued to dive at very high speed and it disintegrated due to stress on the airframe. It would have been extremely difficult for the crew to abandon the aircraft, although the Captain had ordered abandon. LN 295 went into a dive from which the pilot was unable to recover. He gave orders to abandon the aircraft, but the inter-com was useless and the call light could not be found. He did not know whether any of the crew had received the order to bale out. The pilot was injured in the collision and finally baled out at 7,000 feet. Both pilots wore their chutes. Five of the crew in LN 295 were killed, Heffernan was injured. Five (three RAF and two RCAF) crew members from X 3924 were killed and the Pilot was injured.
3 HallGeorge AlfredSergeant1585186Age 21BritishNavigatorRAFVR26OTU1943-11-06WellingtonX3924TrainingMid air collisionKilledUnited Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 99A. Epitaph: Called home, his duty done. Son of Frederick George and Kate Hall.

Wellington LN 295 took off from RAF Lichfield for an evening cross-country training. At 2208 hours when flying on a south easterly course at an altitude of 16,000 feet, the aircraft collided with Wellington aircraft X 3924 (Sergeant R B Main (RCAF) (Pilot)) from 26 OTU flying on a north easterly course at the same altitude. Both machines crashed near the main gate at RAF Alconbury not far from the village of Abbots Ripton. Both Pilots had been distracted and saw each other too late to avoid a collision. The pilot of X 3924 pushed the control column forward, causing his tail unit to come into collision with LN 295 on the starboard side in the forward part of the aircraft near the pilot’s cockpit. X 3924 then developed an uncontrolled steep spiral dive to port, which finally resulted into an inverted spin, throwing the pilot through the roof of the cockpit. The aircraft continued to dive at very high speed and it disintegrated due to stress on the airframe. It would have been extremely difficult for the crew to abandon the aircraft, although the Captain had ordered abandon. LN 295 went into a dive from which the pilot was unable to recover. He gave orders to abandon the aircraft, but the inter-com was useless and the call light could not be found. He did not know whether any of the crew had received the order to bale out. The pilot was injured in the collision and finally baled out at 7,000 feet. Both pilots wore their chutes. Five of the crew in LN 295 were killed, Heffernan was injured. Five (three RAF and two RCAF) crew members from X 3924 were killed and the Pilot was injured.
4 HolbeckJohn EdmundSergeantR/197059Age 19CanadaAGRCAF26OTU1943-11-06WellingtonX3924TrainingMid air collisionKilledFull details are here: Paradie Canadian Archive X3924
5 MainR BCanadaPilotRCAF26OTU1943-11-06WellingtonX3924TrainingMid air collisionInjuredFull details are here: Paradie Canadian Archive X3924
6 PottsDavidFlying OfficerJ/23942Age 21USARCAF26OTU1943-11-06WellingtonX3924TrainingMid air collisionKilledFull details are here: Paradie Canadian Archive X3924

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