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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE862 |
| MSN: | AS-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cayeux-sur-Mer, 26 km WNW Abbeville -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Wellington HE862 Took off at 21:19hrs 16 April 1943 from RAF Kirmington for raid on Mannheim. Developed engine trouble and ditched off Cayeux-su-Mer a small French coastal town on the southern side of the Somme estuary. Ditched on return from raid on Mannheim.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Selwyn Jaques Lupton RAFVR 125539 (NCO:1450271 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 August, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Paul Merton RCAF R/129438 [Fatal Injury]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Forster Whitfield RAFVR 1063748 [Killed]
Flying Officer Eric George Hadingham DFC RAF 80370 (NCO:778990 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 August, 1942)
Flying Officer Roderick Alan Lord RAF 121315 (NCO:1376948 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 June, 1942)
All three casualties lie at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
F/O Hadingham promoted to Flight Lieutenant, Gazette of 4th December 1945, by that time a DFC.
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
ORB
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 11:02 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 05-Jan-2021 20:46 | Fanda | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 16-Apr-2022 08:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Sep-2025 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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