ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140859
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Date: | Tuesday 3 August 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | HE906 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | Missing - North Sea -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Skipton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Wellington HE906 Took off at 23:33hrs 2 Aug 1943 from RAF Skipton-on-Swale. Crashed in the sea.
Missing during raid on Hamburg, no further details.
Crew:
F/O Marshall Edwin BALKAM (J/22479) RCAF - killed
F/Sgt Harold Prentiss GAUDRY (R/148364) A/B - RCAF - killed
F/Sgt Thomas Yarwood KIRKHAM (R/157559) RCAF - killed
Sgt Leslie George LYTHGOE (1129954) RAFVR - killed
P/O Devereaux Richard Cecil McDONALD (J/16764) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
2. ORB
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2011 11:07 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
11-Jan-2021 11:26 |
Holschtein |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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