Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X off Sædding: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 29, 1943 at 0104 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HZ278
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2049LT on April 28 on a mine laying operation. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 300 metres off Sædding, north of Esbjerg. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Lawrence Maurice Clark, pilot, †
F/Sgt David Edward Giles, navigator, †
P/O John Anthony Dalton, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Hugh Archibald MacEachen, wireless operator, †
Sgt Horace Reginald Fisher, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Lawrence Maurice Clark, pilot, †
F/Sgt David Edward Giles, navigator, †
P/O John Anthony Dalton, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Hugh Archibald MacEachen, wireless operator, †
Sgt Horace Reginald Fisher, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
