Name: BAKER, ARTHUR FRED
Initials: A F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 35
Date of Death: 28/10/1944
Service No: 2235491
Additional information: Son of Fred Baker and of Asenath Kate Baker (nee Green); husband of Doris Mary Baker, of Tisbury.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: TISBURY (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Wellington bomber Mark X, HF465 disintegrated on impact with the ground during a training flight at Prince Hill, Bridgemere, near Nantwich, Cheshire.
On 28 October 1944 the aircraft, from RAF Chipping Warden in Oxfordshire, crashed at Prince Hill on a training exercise. Vickers Wellington B. Mk. X HF465, piloted by 1544917 Flight Sergeant Leonard Joseph Timperley R.A.F.V.R. was on a daytime cross country flight when the tragic incident took place. While Timperley was making a descent through a cloud formation, he lost control of the aircraft.
As a result of this loss of control, the 'Wimpy' experienced a catastrophic structural failure. This resulted in the aircraft disintegrating in the air. The bulk of the aircraft debris fell in the vicinity of Bridgemere, Cheshire. A memorial to the six airmen who died in the crash was dedicated in 2003.
Initials: A F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 35
Date of Death: 28/10/1944
Service No: 2235491
Additional information: Son of Fred Baker and of Asenath Kate Baker (nee Green); husband of Doris Mary Baker, of Tisbury.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: TISBURY (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Wellington bomber Mark X, HF465 disintegrated on impact with the ground during a training flight at Prince Hill, Bridgemere, near Nantwich, Cheshire.
On 28 October 1944 the aircraft, from RAF Chipping Warden in Oxfordshire, crashed at Prince Hill on a training exercise. Vickers Wellington B. Mk. X HF465, piloted by 1544917 Flight Sergeant Leonard Joseph Timperley R.A.F.V.R. was on a daytime cross country flight when the tragic incident took place. While Timperley was making a descent through a cloud formation, he lost control of the aircraft.
As a result of this loss of control, the 'Wimpy' experienced a catastrophic structural failure. This resulted in the aircraft disintegrating in the air. The bulk of the aircraft debris fell in the vicinity of Bridgemere, Cheshire. A memorial to the six airmen who died in the crash was dedicated in 2003.
Name: BAKER, ARTHUR FRED
Initials: A F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 35
Date of Death: 28/10/1944
Service No: 2235491
Additional information: Son of Fred Baker and of Asenath Kate Baker (nee Green); husband of Doris Mary Baker, of Tisbury.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: TISBURY (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Wellington bomber Mark X, HF465 disintegrated on impact with the ground during a training flight at Prince Hill, Bridgemere, near Nantwich, Cheshire.
On 28 October 1944 the aircraft, from RAF Chipping Warden in Oxfordshire, crashed at Prince Hill on a training exercise. Vickers Wellington B. Mk. X HF465, piloted by 1544917 Flight Sergeant Leonard Joseph Timperley R.A.F.V.R. was on a daytime cross country flight when the tragic incident took place. While Timperley was making a descent through a cloud formation, he lost control of the aircraft.
As a result of this loss of control, the 'Wimpy' experienced a catastrophic structural failure. This resulted in the aircraft disintegrating in the air. The bulk of the aircraft debris fell in the vicinity of Bridgemere, Cheshire. A memorial to the six airmen who died in the crash was dedicated in 2003.
Initials: A F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 35
Date of Death: 28/10/1944
Service No: 2235491
Additional information: Son of Fred Baker and of Asenath Kate Baker (nee Green); husband of Doris Mary Baker, of Tisbury.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: TISBURY (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Wellington bomber Mark X, HF465 disintegrated on impact with the ground during a training flight at Prince Hill, Bridgemere, near Nantwich, Cheshire.
On 28 October 1944 the aircraft, from RAF Chipping Warden in Oxfordshire, crashed at Prince Hill on a training exercise. Vickers Wellington B. Mk. X HF465, piloted by 1544917 Flight Sergeant Leonard Joseph Timperley R.A.F.V.R. was on a daytime cross country flight when the tragic incident took place. While Timperley was making a descent through a cloud formation, he lost control of the aircraft.
As a result of this loss of control, the 'Wimpy' experienced a catastrophic structural failure. This resulted in the aircraft disintegrating in the air. The bulk of the aircraft debris fell in the vicinity of Bridgemere, Cheshire. A memorial to the six airmen who died in the crash was dedicated in 2003.
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