Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE656,
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Date:Thursday 13 May 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE656
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing. -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Dalton, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Wellington HE656 Took off 23:45hrs 12 May 1943 from RAF Dalton for raid on Duisburg. Heard three times between 0324 and 0404 when its position was fixed at 5003N 0110E (12 miles north-north-east of Dieppe).

Missing during raid on Duisburg, no further details. 13.5.1943
Crew:
F/O Linwood Alton DINGLEY (J/20822) A/B RCAF
P/O Paul Grant KELLY (J/19451) WOp/AG RCAF
Sgt Ernest Edward LUNDY (R/91200) AG RCAF
F/Sgt Walter Edward MANN (R/107981) Pilot RCAF
F/O Wallace Wesley O'BRIEN (J/14520) Nav. RCAF

Sources:

Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989

ORB 428 Sqdn RCAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Dec-2011 15:59 Uli Elch Added
30-Dec-2011 10:41 Uli Elch Updated
08-Jan-2012 09:01 Uli Elch Updated [Location]
08-Jan-2021 10:22 Juza7 Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
12-May-2022 07:27 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]

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