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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Foote	John	Sergeant	R/187590	United Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 116. Epitaph: JESUS SAID "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE" JOHN 11:25	Age 20			RCAF		16OTU	1943-12-11								Killed		Air/Gnr. Son of Frederick and Jane Foote, of Walkerville, Ontario, Canada. Wellington X LN531 flew into high ground in extremely poor visibility conditions at Little Rollright near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. All crew killed: Sergeant HO Mitchell (RCAF) Sergeant BN Redmond (RCAF) Sergeant J Foote (RCAF) FS E Leseberg (RAAF) Sergeant E Harris (RAFVR) Sergeant VM Plahte (RNAF) Sergeant F Nichols (RAFVR)	Paradie Canadian Archive Allied Losses Database LN531
2	Foote	John	Sergeant	R/187590	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 116. Epitaph: JESUS SAID "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE" JOHN 11:25		Canadian	Air/Gnr	RCAF	Bomber Command	16 OTU	1943-12-11	Wellington	I	LN531	Upper Heyford	23:03	Training	Cat E Accident, BRITAIN unk, Crash Little Rollright , 3mls NE Chipping Norton. Crashed while descending through 10/10 clouds.	Killed	Accident report	Training mission 17:28 - 23:03 Aircraft was on a night cross-country sortie. Cat E Accident, Crash Little Rollright , 3mls NE Chipping Norton. Aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle after descending through 10/10 cloud. Engines disintegrated on impact and aircraft caught fire. All crew killed: Sergeant HO Mitchell (RCAF) Sergeant BN Redmond (RCAF) Sergeant J Foote (RCAF) FS E Leseberg (RAAF) Sergeant E Harris (RAFVR) Sergeant VM Plahte (RNAF) Sergeant F Nichols (RAFVR) Age 28 He was the son of Henry J and Elizie Mitchell of Twin Butte, Alberta, Canada. His brother, James W Mitchell also died.	Paradie RCAF Database
3	Harris	Eric	Sergeant	1802331	Diss Cemetery Epitaph: HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY, HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF			Navigator	RAFVR	Bomber Command	16 OTU	1943-12-11	Wellington	I	LN531	Upper Heyford	23:03	Training	Cat E Accident, BRITAIN unk, Crash Little Rollright , 3mls NE Chipping Norton. Crashed while descending through 10/10 clouds.	Killed	Accident report	Navigator. Training mission 17:28 - 23:03 Aircraft was on a night cross-country sortie. Aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle after descending through 10/10 cloud. Engines disintegrated on impact and aircraft caught fire. All on board perished. A Flying Accident report stated “The aircraft struck the ground at approx 22 degrees at high speed and it was literally level at the time of impact. Both the engines were running under power at the time. The engines disintegrated and were thrown forward. Also the wing tanks were thrown forward and burnt. The reason for the accident is obscure. The aircraft appeared to fly into the ground at about a 20 degree angle and at high speed, literally level with power on. Son of Mrs. F. M. Harris. of Diss.
4	Leseberg	Daniel	Flight Sergeant	425172	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 116. Epitaph: HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE	Age 21	Australia		RAAF	Bomber Command	16 OTU	1943-12-11	Wellington	I	LN531	Upper Heyford	23:03	Training	Cat E Accident, BRITAIN unk, Crash Little Rollright , 3mls NE Chipping Norton. Crashed while descending through 10/10 clouds.	Killed	Accident report	Air/Gnr. Training mission 17:28 - 23:03 Aircraft was on a night cross-country sortie. Aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle after descending through 10/10 cloud. Engines disintegrated on impact and aircraft caught fire. All on board perished. A Flying Accident report stated “The aircraft struck the ground at approx 22 degrees at high speed and it was literally level at the time of impact. Both the engines were running under power at the time. The engines disintegrated and were thrown forward. Also the wing tanks were thrown forward and burnt. The reason for the accident is obscure. The aircraft appeared to fly into the ground at about a 20 degree angle and at high speed, literally level with power on.
5	Mitchell	Henry Osmond	Sergeant	R/171550	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 118. United Kingdom	USA	Canadian	Bomb Aimer	RCAF	Bomber Command	16 OTU	1943-12-11	Wellington	I	LN531	Upper Heyford	23:03	Training	Cat E Accident, BRITAIN unk, Crash Little Rollright , 3mls NE Chipping Norton. Crashed while descending through 10/10 clouds.	Killed	Accident report	Training mission 17:28 - 23:03 Aircraft was on a night cross-country sortie. Cat E Accident, Crash Little Rollright , 3mls NE Chipping Norton. Aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle after descending through 10/10 cloud. Engines disintegrated on impact and aircraft caught fire. All on board perished. Commemorated Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 116. United Kingdom. Age 28 He was the son of Henry J and Elizie Mitchell of Twin Butte, Alberta, Canada. His brother, James W Mitchell also died.	Paradie RCAF Database
6	Mitchell	Henry Osmond	Sergeant	R/171550	United Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 118.	Age 28			RCAF		16OTU	1943-12-11								Killed		Son of Henry John and Elizie Mitchell, of Twin Butte, Alberta. His brother Sergeant James Walton Mitchell (RCAF), killed 1944-08-21 on 415 Sqn Halifax NA609 QO-X, involved in a mid-air collision with 415 Sqn Halifax MZ633 QO-B (Information courtesy Francois Dutil) Wellington LN531 Training mission 17:28 - 23:03 Aircraft was on a night cross-country sortie. Aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle after descending through 10/10 cloud. Engines disintegrated on impact and aircraft caught fire. All on board perished. A Flying Accident report stated “The aircraft struck the ground at approx 22 degrees at high speed and it was literally level at the time of impact. Both the engines were running under power at the time. The engines disintegrated and were thrown forward. Also the wing tanks were thrown forward and burnt. The reason for the accident is obscure.	Paradie Canadian Archive Allied Losses Database LN531
7	Nichols	Frederick		1565538	OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY Plot I/2. Grave 117. Epitaph: "I PRAY THAT ALL WHO SURVIVE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOT DIE IN VAIN AND THAT THEY WILL BANISH ALL CAUSES OF WAR FOREVER"			W/Op/Air/Gnr	RAFVR	Bomber Command	16 OTU	1943-12-11	Wellington	I	LN531	Upper Heyford	23:03	Training	Cat E Accident, BRITAIN unk, Crash Little Rollright , 3mls NE Chipping Norton. Crashed while descending through 10/10 clouds.	Killed	Accident report	Navigator. Training mission 17:28 - 23:03 Aircraft was on a night cross-country sortie. Aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle after descending through 10/10 cloud. Engines disintegrated on impact and aircraft caught fire. All on board perished. A Flying Accident report stated “The aircraft struck the ground at approx 22 degrees at high speed and it was literally level at the time of impact. Both the engines were running under power at the time. The engines disintegrated and were thrown forward. Also the wing tanks were thrown forward and burnt. The reason for the accident is obscure. The aircraft appeared to fly into the ground at about a 20 degree angle and at high speed, literally level with power on. Son of Mrs. F. M. Harris. of Diss.
8	Plahte	Viktor Møinichen	Sergeant		Haslum Cemetery Norway	1911-08-18 in Oslo	Norway	2nd Navigator	RNAF	Bomber Command	16 OTU	1943-12-11	Wellington	I	LN531	Upper Heyford	23:03	Training	Cat E Accident, BRITAIN unk, Crash Little Rollright , 3mls NE Chipping Norton. Crashed while descending through 10/10 clouds.	Killed	Accident report	2nd Navigator. Training mission 17:28 - 23:03 Aircraft was on a night cross-country sortie. Aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle after descending through 10/10 cloud. Engines disintegrated on impact and aircraft caught fire. All on board perished. A Flying Accident report stated “The aircraft struck the ground at approx 22 degrees at high speed and it was literally level at the time of impact. Both the engines were running under power at the time. The engines disintegrated and were thrown forward. Also the wing tanks were thrown forward and burnt. The reason for the accident is obscure. The aircraft appeared to fly into the ground at about a 20 degree angle and at high speed, literally level with power on. PLAHTE, VIKTOR MØINICHEN, sergeant, Bærum. By Viktor Møinichen Plahte and Dagny f. Egeberg. Artium, trade high school, education in the lumber and cellulose industry, among others. a. at the University of Maine, U.S.A. Was in New York when Norway joined the war, and enlisted in the Air Force. After graduating, he became a navigator on bombers, and died when the plane crashed during a night maneuver over England on December 11, 1943. Buried at Haslum cemetery, Bærum.	Allied Losses Nordic Database
9	Redmond	Bernard Nicholas	Sergeant	R/185698	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 116. Epitaph: JESUS SAID "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE" JOHN 11:25		Canadian	Air/Gnr	RCAF	Bomber Command	16 OTU	1943-12-11	Wellington	I	LN531	Upper Heyford	23:03	Training	Cat E Accident, BRITAIN unk, Crash Little Rollright , 3mls NE Chipping Norton. Crashed while descending through 10/10 clouds.	Killed	Accident report	Air/Gnr. Training mission 17:28 - 23:03 Aircraft was on a night cross-country sortie. Aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle after descending through 10/10 cloud. Engines disintegrated on impact and aircraft caught fire. All on board perished. A Flying Accident report stated “The aircraft struck the ground at approx 22 degrees at high speed and it was literally level at the time of impact. Both the engines were running under power at the time. The engines disintegrated and were thrown forward. Also the wing tanks were thrown forward and burnt. The reason for the accident is obscure. The aircraft appeared to fly into the ground at about a 20 degree angle and at high speed, literally level with power on. Age 33 He was the son of William and Elizabeth Redmond of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.	Paradie RCAF Database
10	Redmond	Bernard Nicholas	Sergeant	R/185698	United Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 120.	Age 33			RCAF		16OTU	1943-12-11								Killed		Air/Gnr. Training mission 17:28 - 23:03 Aircraft was on a night cross-country sortie. Aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle after descending through 10/10 cloud. Engines disintegrated on impact and aircraft caught fire. All on board perished. A Flying Accident report stated “The aircraft struck the ground at approx 22 degrees at high speed and it was literally level at the time of impact. Both the engines were running under power at the time. The engines disintegrated and were thrown forward. Also the wing tanks were thrown forward and burnt. The reason for the accident is obscure. The aircraft appeared to fly into the ground at about a 20 degree angle and at high speed, literally level with power on. Age 33 He was the son of William and Elizabeth Redmond of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.	Paradie Canadian Archive Allied Losses Database LN531