Wellington Mk.IC Z8980 of No.27 OTU, crashed on Rud Hill near Sheffield whilst on a night training flight from RAF Lichfield on the 17th July 1942

Vickers Wellington Mk.X at the Royal Air Force Museum

 

Thomas Frank Thompson Sergeant Pilot Injured
John William Moore Pilot Officer RAAF Navigator Injured
Joseph Howe Levett Sergeant RAAF Navigator Injured
Kennington John Hythe Harris Sergeant RAAF Wireless Operator / Air Gunner Injured
Jacob Henry Roden Sergeant RAAF Wireless Operator / Air Gunner Injured

Some members of the crew were to lose there lives in latter service.

They were:

Sergeant Thomas Frank Thompson (First Officer at time of death) was killed on the 17th August 1944 while with the Air Transport Auxiliary.

Sergeant Kennington John Hythe Harris was killed on the 4th January 1943 in Lancaster Mk.I W4274 UV-B of 460 Squadron when it was shot down by a night fighter near to Nijmegen in Holland whilst on the outward leg of a raid to Essen.

Sergeant Jacob Henry Roden was killed on the night of the 19th/20th September 1942 in Wellington Mk.III X3762 in service of 150 Sqn.

One of the crew had previously survived another high ground crash, Sgt Levett had been injured when Anson Mk.I N5030, also of No.27 OTU, crash on Snaefell, Isle of Man, on the 17th January 1942. Following treatment for his injuries in that crash he returned to No.27 OTU to complete his course, however the injuries which he sustained on Rud Hill were sufficiently bad for him to be discharged from the RAAF as medically unfit.

Wreckage at the crash site of Vickers Wellington Mk.IC Z8980 on Rud Hill near Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The small collection of wreckage on Rud Hill taken in the summer of 2002.
Wreckage at the crash site of Vickers Wellington Mk.IC Z8980 on Rud Hill near Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Above is another view of the small collection of wreckage at the crash site, the largest piece is the section of armour plate.