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| Date: | Saturday 13 February 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk VII |
| Owner/operator: | 458 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | HX726 |
| MSN: | MD-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Luqa -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa |
On return to base from a night operation, pilot overshot runway at high speed and crashed into quary at the end of the runway killing 5 of the 6 on board. 458 Sqn records mention the possibility it might have already been on fire prior to crash.
Crew:
Pilot: R/87397 F/Sgt Lawrence Harry Gleason (RCAF) – Killed
2nd Pilot: 1289528 Sgt Eric Ansell Brown (RAFVR) – Killed
Navigator/Bomb aimer: J/9516 F/O Maurice McAllister Kempton (RCAF) – Killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/92308 WO2 Peter Edwyn Elkford Brown (RCAF) – Killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/91441 Sgt Harold Ernest Stanley (RCAF) – Killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/75285 F/Sgt Wendell Pierce Drew (RCAF) - Injured
Sources:
458 RAAF Sqn records from The National Archives UK
Personnel files of the 5 RCAF crew members
RCAF 1943 losses from archival microfilms
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=hx726&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=HX726
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2025 19:30 | tachel | Added |
| 31-Mar-2025 06:22 | tachel | Updated [Country, Narrative, ] |
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