Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DV600 / L3 of No.25 OTU crashed in Borrowdale south of Keswick on the 4th September 1942

Vickers Wellington Mk.X at the Royal Air Force Museum

 

William Bruce Sage Flight Sergeant RCAF Pilot Killed
George Edward Derbyshire Flight Sergeant RCAF Navigator Killed
Jack Lionel Brovender Sergeant RCAF Bomb Aimer Killed
James Anderson Flight Sergeant RCAF Wireless Operator / Air Gunner Killed
Henry Brown Burnett Sergeant RAF Wireless Operator / Air Gunner Killed

 

The crew of DV600 were tasked with a night cross county flight, they departed RAF Finningley near Doncaster at about 21:00. At around 22:30 the aircraft flew into the wooded slopes on High Doat near Seatoller.  To crash where the aircraft did it must have been descending from the north as it would have otherwise struck one of the higher mountains which surround the area.

Wreckage at the crash site of Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DV600 in Borrowdale near Keswick
Very little remains today at the crash site, this is one of the few items we found during our search of the very steep and wet slope the aircraft ploughed into.
Crash site of Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DV600
Above is where the items shown above of was found.

 

Below are photographs of the crew, all images via Kay Burnett.

Flight Sergeant William Bruce Sage, killed onboard Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DV600
Flight Sergeant William Bruce Sage, Pilot
Flight Sergeant George Edward Derbyshire, killed onboard Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DV600
Flight Sergeant George Edward Derbyshire, Navigator
Sergeant Jack Lionel Brovender, killed onboard Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DV600
Sergeant Jack Lionel Brovender, Bomb Aimer
Flight Sergeant James Anderson, killed onboard Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DV600
Flight Sergeant James Anderson, Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Sergeant Henry Brown Burnett, killed onboard Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DV600
Sergeant Henry Brown Burnett, Wireless Operator / Air Gunner