Date & Time:
Jun 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HF597
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
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.
