Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X HE503,
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Date:Friday 26 March 1943
Time:21:04
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:431 (Iroquois) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HE503
MSN: SE-S
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:in Baltic Sea, probably Kattegatt -   Sweden
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Burn, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Wellington HE503 T/o at 18:55hrs 26 Mar 1943 from RAF Burn for mission. Crashed in the Balt sea. Crashed during raid on Duisburg, no further details. 26. March.1943
Crew:
W/O Benjamin Victor Lloyd DUCKER (R/75458) Wop RCAF - killed
F/Lt George Hadley Templeton EADES (64264) RAF - killed (NCO:1172536, Gazette of 16th May 1941)
F/Lt Norman Joseph GARDNER (120704) RAFVR - killed (NCO:922980, Gazette of 19th May 1942)
F/Lt Allen Myrick HILL (J/8621) RCAF - killed
W/O Joseph Michael ROGAL (R/85301) RCAF - killed

Sources:

Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989

ORB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Dec-2011 02:23 Uli Elch Added
04-Jan-2021 17:26 Giggs Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
26-Mar-2022 07:53 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]

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