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Peak District Air Accident Research

Wellington Mk.III DF611 coded W of 30 OTU crashed on the 10th April 1943 while apparently attempting to force land due to loss of power near the village of Newhaven on the Buxton to Ashborne road. The aircraft on a training flight from Seighford at the time of the crash.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - if applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Ronald Albert Jones	Sergeant	Pilot	Killed
John Scott Spencer	Sergeant	Navigator	Killed
Gilbert Kenneth Parsons	Sergeant	Bomb aimer	Killed
J Douglas	Flight Sergeant	Air Gunner	Injured
R J Perrin	Flight Sergeant	Wireless Operator	Injured

The crew of DF611 took off from Seighford for an infrared bombing exercise at 04:50, a hour into the flight the aircraft's engines lost power. The pilot, Sergeant Ronald Jones attempted to land the aircraft in a field along side the Buxton to Ashbourne road but touched down too far into the field. The aircraft travelled on its wheels until striking the wall at the edge of the field, crossed the main road and ploughed through the wall into the field beyond where the aircraft caught fire killing three of the crew.

A view of the crash site of DF611, the aircraft first impacted behind where this photo was taken and came to a halt in the centre of the picture.

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