ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201330
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 March 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | Z8428 |
| MSN: | LQ-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Lost without trace - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington |
At 2325 hours an SOS was received from the aircraft and the Air Sea Rescue service was called out to carry out a search which was not successful. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Pilot: Fg Off Robert Keep Durbridge RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 109.
Pilot: Flt Sgt Robert Neville Longergan RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 111.
Flt Sgt Francis Campbell Garnett RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 104.
Flt Sgt James Morley Broddy RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102.
Sgt William Wright - Runnymede Memorial Panel 97.
Sgt George Albert Tilley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95.
Sources:
RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS IN WORLD WAR 2 AND MISSING WITH NO KNOWN GRAVE.
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 July 1941 | W5534 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Avereest, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 15 April 1942 | W5427 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Brühl, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2017 18:14 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 13-Oct-2018 16:51 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
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