Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X near Tenby: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE422
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Tenby
Pembrokeshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at2305LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it strayed from track and with the automatic pilot system selected, it was abandoned by the crew and crashed near Tenby. Four crew members parachuted to safety while the pilot was killed after he fell into the sea and drowned.
Crew:
F/O Charles Warner Jackson, pilot, †
Sgt H. B. Elhorn, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Hugh MacDonald, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Thomson Kydd, wireless operator,
Sgt K. T. Allan, air gunner.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Tenby: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED322
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Carew Cheriton
Location:
Tenby
Pembrokeshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
While on approach to RAF Carew Cheriton, the airplane went out of control and crashed in the Carmarthen Bay off Tenby. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Howard Earl Dabbs, pilot,
Sgt James Hughes, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Robert Gordon Smith, observer,
F/Sgt Leonard Roy Anderson,
F/Sgt Stefan Franchuk,
F/Sgt Robert John Middleton, wireless operator,
Sgt William Thomas Warren, air gunner.
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