Incident Vickers Wellington Mk IC DV819,
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Date:Thursday 3 December 1942
Time:08:24
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:1474 Wireless Interception Flt RAF
Registration: DV819
MSN: DT-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea, 200 yards from the British coast near Deal -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Gransden Lodge
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Badly damaged by Ju-88 night fighter over Germany Ditched off the coast of England.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Edwin Amos Paulton DSO RCAF J/16114
Navigator : Pilot Officer William Alexander Renton Barry RCAF R/100054
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant William Walter Bigoray DFM RCAF R/93566 [Injured]
Front Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick Percy Grant RCAF R/95585
Special Equipment Operator : Pilot Officer Harold Graham Jordan DSO DFC RAFVR 121561 [Injured] (NCO:1322509 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 September, 1942)
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Everitt Thomas Vachon RCAF R/79229 [Injured]

Sources:

http://aircrewremembered.com/paulton-edwin-amos.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Oct-2019 14:16 tachel Added
06-Oct-2019 16:08 tachel Updated [Date]
01-Nov-2019 19:40 Anon. Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
03-Dec-2023 07:53 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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