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| Date: | Tuesday 1 June 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HE961 |
| MSN: | YO- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bay of Biscay -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Portreath |
| RAF Ras El Ma |
Aircraft was on a transit flight from the United Kingdom to North Africa. It was intercepted and shot down over the Bay of Biscay by a Ju88 flown by Uffz Heinz Hommel of 13/KG 40. The entire crew and 2 mechanics carried as passengers perished.
Pilot: J/20352 F/O Gordon Saunders McCulloch RCAF
Navigator: R/115910 F/Sgt Kenneth Malcolmson Gillies RCAF
Bomb Aimer: J/20881 F/O Patrick Joseph Mccrohan Greig RCAF
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/115841 F/Sgt James Charles Nicol RCAF
Air Gunner: R/146698 F/Sgt Gerard Daniel McDougall RCAF
Passenger/Mechanic: R/107456 Cpl Allan Cyrenius James Coates RCAF
Passenger/Mechanic: R/115117 LAC John Bruce Leitch RCAF
Sources:
CANADA'S AIR WAR 1943 from Archives Canada
420 Sqn records from RCAF WW2 microfilms at https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12293/1
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=67056
https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200001751/#HE961
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=67056
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE961&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2024 19:48 | tacchel | Added |
| 25-Aug-2024 05:59 | tacchel | Updated [Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
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