Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off the Isle of Groix: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 14, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
HF597
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2213LT on June 13 on a mine duties in French waters. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off the Isle of Groix. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Ernest Sawdy, pilot,
Sgt Edward Burton, navigator,
F/O Stuart Quentin Robinson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Claude Stephen Bell, wireless operator,
Sgt John Charles William Stevens, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O William Ernest Sawdy, pilot,
Sgt Edward Burton, navigator,
F/O Stuart Quentin Robinson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Claude Stephen Bell, wireless operator,
Sgt John Charles William Stevens, air gunner.
