ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267344
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BK540 |
| MSN: | AL- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
| Bochum, Germany |
Mixed RAF and RCAF crew, took off at 19h45 on the 29th. Last radio contact was at 20h43 reporting a position of approx 5333N 0140E on the way to target.
Crew:
-Navigator - Warrant Officer Class II David Lachlan BAIN (R/106671 RCAF) Killed - Body was recovered from Esbjerg harbour in Denmark on 9 July. Buried in the Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Denmark.
-Pilot - Sergeant Harry Dennis Gordon CARTY (1334945 RAFVR) - Missing.
-Wireless Op/Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant Eric Kelvin HART (1115910 RAFVR) - Missing.
-Wireless Op/Air Gunner - Sergeant Robert Eccles SCOTT (1126204 RAFVR) - Missing.
-Air Gunner - Sergeant William Frederick WHITELAND (1336444 RAFVR) - Missing.
The 4 British crew members are all commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BK540
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=bk540&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://aircrewremembered.com/carty-harry.html
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2270955
Personnel records from DND/Archives Canada
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1943 | HZ520 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 2 | Borkelsedijk, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | HZ519 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | into 'Het Keeten' near Stavenisse, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | HZ517 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Poelakkerweg, Buggenum, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | HE981 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Langeweg, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | HF457 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 3 | Houthalen-Helchteren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | HZ521 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Hamme-Mille, Braibant walon | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | HE803 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 1 | west of Culemborg train station, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | JA114 | 429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF | 3 | near Todenbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2021 16:45 | tachel | Added |
| 04-Sep-2021 16:46 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
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