Date & Time:
Jul 15, 1943 at 0216 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 466 Wellington XIII
Operator:
Registration:
HP631
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Protville - Protville
Country:
Italy
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Protville on a maritime patrol flight off Sardinia. While cruising off the north coast of the island, it was shot down and crashed into the sea off Palau. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (458 Sq):
F/O Gordon Herbert Lawson, pilot,
F/O Leslie Youle Hazeldine, copilot,
F/O Albert Renton, navigator,
F/O Maxwell Harry Tarrison, navigator,
Sgt Robert Edward Burrows, wireless operator,
F/O Edwin Albert McCorkell, air gunner,
F/O Arthur Robert Pagan, air gunner.
Crew (458 Sq):
F/O Gordon Herbert Lawson, pilot,
F/O Leslie Youle Hazeldine, copilot,
F/O Albert Renton, navigator,
F/O Maxwell Harry Tarrison, navigator,
Sgt Robert Edward Burrows, wireless operator,
F/O Edwin Albert McCorkell, air gunner,
F/O Arthur Robert Pagan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down.
