|
|
Designer |
Manufacturer |
basic designation |
variant or model |
comments |
|
HE157 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*U".
Used by No. 426 Squadron, RCAF, coded "OW*N" when lost. Failed to return from attack on Duisberg on
12/13 May 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE158 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*G". Bombed
Cologne on 14/15 February 1943. Also coded "NA*L", when it returned
to base with rear turret shot off, and much of aft fuselage fabric burnt
away, date unknown. |
|
HE159 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*P". Serious
engine problems during attack at Frankfurt on
10 / 11 April 1943. 1 bailed
out rest killed when a/c crashed near Rolvenden, Maidstone, Kent. |
|
HE160 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 429 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "AL*R". Bombed
Frankfurt on 10/11 April 1943. |
|
HE172 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Also with No. 429 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*G", when it turned back early from sea
search on 21 January 1943 for mechanical reasons. |
|
HE173 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*S", when it crashed 1 mile NW of Dishforth after
takeoff on night training flight, 31 January 1943. Caught fire shortly after take off, 3 crew
killed and 1 injured. First aircraft
lost by this squadron. |
|
HE174 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*T". |
|
HE175 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*U". Failed
to return from attack on Berlin (or Borchum?) on 29/30 March 1943. Ditched in the North Sea, but the crew was
never found. |
|
HE176 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*F". Bombed
Kiel on 4/5 April 1943. Shot down
while on a raid to Stuttgart on 14/15 April 1943. Crashed at Freiburg, Germany. |
|
HE177 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*G". Bombed
Cologne on 26/27 February 1943, attacked by night fighter. Crashed after an overshoot at East Moor on
22 May 1943 after mining operation to the Frisian Islands (Nectarine target
area). 1 survivor. |
|
HE182 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*A".
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 29/30 March 1943, shot down
by flak. 4 crew were killed and 1 POW. |
|
HE183 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*J".
Failed to return from attack on Bochum on 13/14 May 1943. No survivors. |
|
HE184 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*M".
Failed to return from attack on Dusseldorf on 11/12 June 1943, crashed
into the sea. All were killed. |
|
HE197 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*G". |
|
HE198 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*D".
During attack on Dortmund 23/24 May 1943 hit by flak, returned to base
after 2 crew bailed out. |
|
HE199 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*R". |
|
HE200 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*P".
Failed to return from mining operation to the Frisian Islands on 21/22
May 1943. No survivors. |
|
HE201 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*T". Claimed two night fighters shot down
during mission to Stuttgart on 14/15 April 1943, one substantiated by German
records. |
|
HE202 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*Z".
Failed to return from mining operation to the Frisian Islands on 7/8
March 1943. All crew POW. |
|
HE203 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*B".
Failed to return from attack on Wuppertal on 29/30 May 1943. Shot down by flak and Oblt M. Meurerof I/NJG I at 00:50 near Heer. All were killed. |
|
HE204 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*C". |
|
HE205 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*X".
Bombed Essen on 12/13 March 1943, returned badly damaged by fighter. |
|
HE213 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*F".
Failed to return from attack at Frankfurt on 10/11 April 1943. 3 crew were POWs and 2 killed after
ditching near the Channel Islands. |
|
HE222 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK mid 1943, coded "QB*E" and "QB*K" or
"QB*R". Also with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, and No. 432 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*E". |
|
HE239 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*Y". Mining
operation to Frisian Islands on 18/19 February 1943. Received heavy damage during raid on
Duisburg, 8/9 April 1943. Rear turret
shot off, fabric burned off most of rear fuselage, part of rudder. Pilot, Sgt. L.F. Williamson, received CGM
for bringing aircraft back to base. Rear
gunner Sgt L. Bertrand, RAF, killed.
Coded "NA*L" on 29/30 May 1943, when it bombed Wuppertal. |
|
HE243 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK 1943, coded "OW*E".
Failed to return from attack on Bochum on 13/14 May 1943, no
survivors. |
|
HE260 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*P". |
|
HE261 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "R". Crashed into the sea off Cap Bon, near
Hacquarhe, Tunisia on 6 August 1943, while attempting a go-around. All 5 crew killed. |
|
HE267 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*I". |
|
HE268 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 425 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "KW*K", when it moved from UK to North Africa. Shot down over Bay of Biscay, June 1943, en
route to Gibraltar. Crew interned in
Portugal. |
|
HE269 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*R". |
|
HE270 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*K". |
|
HE272 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With no. 424 (B) Squadron,
RCAF in North Africa. Went missing on
a mission to Messina on 29 June 1943. |
|
HE273 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*B". Went
missing on a mission to Messina on 29 June 1943. |
|
HE279 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF |
|
HE280 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "PT*V". Failed
to return from attack at Essen on 5/6 March 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE281 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "OW*D". Failed
to return from attack on Dortmund on 23/24 May 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE282 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF. |
|
HE288 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*P". |
|
HE294 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*P".
Served with No. 432 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*P" when lost
during raid on Essen 27/28 May 1943, no survivors. Reported to have come down in the North
Sea, 35 kilometres north-west of Den Helder, Holland. |
|
HE296 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*V". Shot
down on mission to Messina on 14 August 1943. |
|
HE319 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*Y". Went
missing while on a mission to Wuppertal on 30 May 1943. |
|
HE321 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*Z". Shot
down by ObIt August Geiger in a III./NJG 1 night-fighter on 13 May 1943 while
on a mission to Duisburg. The aircraft
crashed near Deuringen, Holland. |
|
HE322 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*J".
Crashed on takeoff from Dalton on 11 June 1943, for attack on
Dusseldorf. 1 survivor. |
|
HE329 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*O". |
|
HE330 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "KW*C". |
|
HE348 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QO*P". Failed
to return from mining operation to Brest on 12/13 August 1943, no survivors. |
|
HE353 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QO*R". Failed
to return from attack on Aachen on 13/14 July 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE367 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*V". Used by
No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*F". Overshot on landing at Topcliffe while with
this unit, crashed into a field adjacent to No. 5 Hangar when the landing
gear collapsed, early 1943. |
|
HE369 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*P". On
return from attack at Wilhelmshaven on 25 February 1943, crashed on the
perimeter track at Topcliffe, burst into flames, killing 3 crew. |
|
HE374 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With no. 431 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, based at Bourn, coded "SE*X".
Lost on operation to Stuttgart on 15 April 1943. Crashed near Birmensdorf-Schweiz. |
|
HE375 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 420 Squadron, RCAF,
coded "PT*H". Attacked
Duisberg on 26/27 March 1943. |
|
HE379 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 431 (B) Squadron,
RCAF at Burn, UK, coded "SE*H".
Failed to return from attack on Pilsen on 16/17 April 1943. 4 crew were POWs and one crew was killed. |
|
HE382 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 429 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "AL*Y". Failed
to return from attack on Duisberg on 26/27 April 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE392 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 431 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "SE*L". Failed
to return from attack on Dusseldorf on 11/12 June 1943, crashed into the
sea. All were killed. |
|
HE394 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 431 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "SE*V". Failed
to return from attack on Mulheim on 22/23 June 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE396 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*K". |
|
HE414 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, dates unknown. With
No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF, in 1943, coded AL*H" when it was lost. On landing at Exeter on one engine, after
mining operation to Brest, swung off the runway and crashed into a gully,
burst into flames. The crew escaped unharmed. |
|
HE417 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*L". |
|
HE422 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "PT*Q". Became
lost after attack at Frankfurt on 10/11 April 1943. Very low on fuel over England on return,
crew bailed out. 1 man landed in
Carmarthen Bay near Tenby, South Wales and drowned, remainder of crew
uninjured. |
|
HE423 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 425 Squadron, RCAF,
in the UK, coded "KW*A".
Bombed Frankfurt on 10/11 April 1943. |
|
HE425 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 427 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "ZL*W". Bombed
Duisberg on 26/27 March 1943. |
|
HE431 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 426 Squadron, RCAF,
coded "OW*X". Bombed St.
Nazaire, date unknown. |
|
HE432 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, first coded "NA*C".
Coded "NA*B" when lost.
Failed to return from attack on Kiel on 4/5 April 1943, went down off
coast of Holland. All were killed. |
|
HE438 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*A". |
|
HE440 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*Y". |
|
HE443 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 431 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "SE*O". Failed
to return from attack on Cologne on 28/29 June 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE475 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 Squadron,
RCAF, at Disforth, UK. Coded
"KW*E". Failed to return from
attack on Pilsen on 16/17 April 1943.
3 crew were POWs and 2 were killed. |
|
HE476 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*Z".
After attack on Duisberg on 26/27 April 1943, crash landed at Barnby due
to a fuel shortage, no injuries. |
|
HE481 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*O". |
|
HE482 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*W". |
|
HE486 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK, coded "KW*T". |
|
HE491 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No.425 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "KW*U".
Failed to return from mining operation to Texel on 11/12 April
1943. All were killed. |
|
HE492 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF in North Africa.
Reported missing on mission to Battipaglia on 7 September 1943. |
|
HE500 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK, mid 1943. Coded
"KW*C". |
|
HE503 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No.431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*S".
Failed to return from attack on Duisberg on 26 / 27 March 1943, no
survivors. Believed to have crashed in
the North Sea. The 5 fatalities
included pilot F/L G. Eades, RAFVR, a published poet and playwright, on the
first mission of his second tour. One
crew member washed ashore in Sweden.
May have been shot down by Halifax of 51 Squadron, but this is not
confirmed. |
|
HE505 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*X". Bombed St. Nazaire, France, date
unknown. Mining operation to Frisian Islands on 18/19 February 1943. |
|
HE513 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*A". Crash
landed near Medenine after running out of fuel in late 1943, not repaired. |
|
HE514 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QO*K". Ditched
off Cromer on return from attack on Essen on 25/26 July 1943. All were rescued. |
|
HE515 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*T". Shot
down on mission to Taranto on 26 August 1943. |
|
HE516 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*S". |
|
HE521 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*V". |
|
HE522 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*B". |
|
HE523 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943. |
|
HE524 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 420 Squadron, RCAF
in North Africa when lost on raid to Messina, Italy on 15 August 1943. |
|
HE529 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "E". |
|
HE534 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*P". |
|
HE535 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*R". |
|
HE536 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*E". Swung
on take-off from Kairouan on 10 July 1943 when a tire burst. The aircraft
exploded and was destroyed. |
|
HE540 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*N". |
|
HE543 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*D". Failed
to return from mining operation to the Frisian Islands on 28/29 April
1943. All were killed. |
|
HE547 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No.427 (B)
Squadron, RCAF at Croft, UK, coded "ZL*D". Failed to return from attack on Pilsen on
16 / 17 April 1943, 4 crew were POWs and one was killed. |
|
HE550 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No.420 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "PT*C". Failed
to return from attack on Stuttgart on 14 / 15 April 1943, shot down by a
night fighter. All were killed. |
|
HE551 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*T". |
|
HE553 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No.432 Squadron, RCAF,
coded "QO*S". Crashed into a
hill 29 / 30 May 1943, on return from attack on Wuppertal , near Richmond in
Yorkshire, 2 killed. Was descending
through clouds when it struck high ground.
Crash site also reported as near Reeth, in Swaledale. |
|
HE554 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*M". |
|
HE555 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK in 1943, coded "PT*A". Also with No. 432 Squadron, RCAF, coded
"QO*A". |
|
HE556 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF. |
|
HE567 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*Z". |
|
HE568 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*Y". |
|
HE569 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*P". |
|
HE572 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 429 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*K".
Bombed Pilsen on 16/17April 1943. |
|
HE582 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*M". |
|
HE583 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*E". |
|
HE586 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 420 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, when shot down on 1 July 1943. |
|
HE589 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 429 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*V" when it bombed Dortmund on 4/5 May
1943. Used by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF,
coded "QB*N". |
|
HE590 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "OW*P". Failed
to return from attack on Dusseldorf on 25 / 26 May 1943, shot down Oblt W.
Telge II/NJG 1 at 02:40 near Zemst.
All were killed. |
|
HE591 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF at Dushforth, UK, coded "OW*R". Failed to return from attack on Pilsen on
16 / 17 April 1943, shot down by a night fighter. All were killed. |
|
HE592 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK, mid 1943. Coded
"KW*Q". Failed to return
from attack on Duisberg 8 / 9 April 1943.
All were killed. |
|
HE593 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 429 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "AL*Z". Bombed
Duisberg on 26/27 April 1943. Failed
to return from attack on Dusseldorf on 11 / 12 June 1943, shot down by a
night fighter. 4 crew killed and one
evaded. |
|
HE594 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*C". |
|
HE595 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 Squadron in
the UK, coded "KW*Q". |
|
HE630 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*V".
Used by No. 432 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*B" when lost. Bombed Pilsen on 16/17 April 1943, with No.
432 Sdn. After attack on Cologne on
3/4 July 1943 directed to West Malling on return due to poor weather. With fog and low fuel, crashed into a house
near Gravesend, 3 killed. |
|
HE632 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*R". |
|
HE636 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 429 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "AL*Q". Failed
to return from attack at Frankfurt on 10/11 April 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE638 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*F". |
|
HE640 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "E". |
|
HE652 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "OW*H". Failed
to return from attack at Frankfurt on 10 / 11 April 1943, shot down by a
night fighter. All were killed. |
|
HE655 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 425 Squadron, RCAF,
in the UK, coded "KW*B". |
|
HE656 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 424 Squadron, RCAF,
coded "QB*L", when it bombed Kiel on 4/5 April 1943. Later served with No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*A". Crashed
into the sea off Gravelines after a raid to Duisburg on 13 May 1943. |
|
HE682 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF at Middleton St. George, UK, coded "PT*T". Failed to return from attack on Pilsen on
16 / 17 April 1943, exploded over Luxembourg after being attacked by a night
fighter en route to target. 4 crew were
killed and one POW. |
|
HE684 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF. Used by No. 424
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*R". |
|
HE685 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 429 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in 1943. Also reported with No.
428 (B) Squadron. |
|
HE686 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*R". |
|
HE687 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*T". |
|
HE688 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 432 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QO*V". Bombed
Wuppertal on 29/30 May 1943. |
|
HE689 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Operated by No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*X".
Bombed Duisberg on 26/27 April 1943.
Used by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*X". |
|
HE690 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Operated by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "PT*U". Failed
to return from attack at Essen on 12 / 13 March 1943, shot down by flak. 4 POW 1 killed. |
|
HE691 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*K". |
|
HE692 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF. Overshot on landing
and crashed into a stand of trees at Penrhos while on a cross country flight
on 2 May 1943. |
|
HE693 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Operated by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "PT*W". Failed
to return from attack on Duisberg on 26 / 27 April 1943, shot down by a night
fighter. All were killed. |
|
HE694 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B) Squadron,
RCAF. |
|
HE697 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Operated by No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "OW*M". Failed
to return from attack on Bochum on 13 / 14 May 1943, shot down by a night
fighter. All were killed. |
|
HE703 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK mid 1943, coded "QB*B". Also served with No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF. |
|
HE705 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*H". |
|
HE727 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*K". Failed
to return from attack on Dortmund on 4 / 5 May 1943. Crashed NW of Utrecht, Holland. 3 crew killed and 2 were POW. |
|
HE728 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*B". Coded
"NA*D" when lost. Failed to
return from mining operation to the Frisian Islands on 28/29 April 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE729 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 432 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QO*U". Failed
to return from attack on Dusseldorf on 11 / 12 June 1943, no survivors. |
|
HE732 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*J".
Served with No. 432 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*O". |
|
HE733 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 425 Squadron, RCAF,
in the UK, coded "KW*S". |
|
HE735 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF in North Africa. Struck
a 4,000 pound bomb while taking off from Kairouan on 27 June 1943. Aircraft
was destroyed. |
|
HE737 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*V". Used by
No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*B" when it failed to return
from attack on Duisberg on 26 / 27 April 1943, shot down by a night
fighter. 3 crew were killed and 3 POW. |
|
HE738 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*O". Used by
No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*O". |
|
HE743 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 427 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded X. |
|
HE744 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 427 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "ZL*J". Failed
to return from attack on Berlin on 29 / 30 March 1943, no survivors. |
|
HE745 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 427 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "ZL*E".
Returning from attack on Pilsen on 16 / 17 April 1943, hit a hill due
to engine problems while trying to land at Twinwood Farm. The crew was slightly injured. |
|
HE750 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*R". |
|
HE751 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 428 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "NA*S". |
|
HE771 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "PT*F". Crashed
near Leiston while returning from attack on Duisberg on 26 / 27 April
1943. 1 killed. |
|
HE794 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*D". |
|
HE795 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*F". Failed
to return from mission to Formia, Italy on 1/2 October 1943. Target was a road junction. Believed to have come down in the
Mediterranean, no survivors. |
|
HE800 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QO*A". |
|
HE803 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 429 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*W".
Failed to return from attack on Essen on 25 / 26 July 1943, shot down
by a night fighter. 1 crew was killed
and 4 POWs. |
|
HE817 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QO*K". Failed
to return from attack on Hannover on 27 / 28 September 1943. 4 crew were killed and 2 POW. |
|
HE818 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*Q". |
|
HE863 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "PT*G". Failed
to return from attack on Stuttgart on 14 / 15 April 1943, shot down by a
night fighter. 2 crew were killed, 2
evaded capture, and 1 was a POW. |
|
HE864 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "QB*W". Served
with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*D" when it failed to
return from attack on Dortmund on 4 / 5 May 1943, shot down by Uffz Emil
Heinzelmann in a IV./NJG 1 night-fighter.
3 were POWs and 2 killed.
Crashed near Zwolle, Holland. |
|
HE865 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 425 Squadron, RCAF,
in the UK, coded "KW*K".
Served with No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*A". Bombed Dortmund on 23/24 May 1943. |
|
HE866 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "OW*A". Bombed
Dortmund on 23/24 May 1943. |
|
HE867 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "OW*T". Crew
bailed out near Stonegrove, UK, after being seriously damaged by fighter
attack during raid on Duisberg on 26 / 27 April 1943. |
|
HE873 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK in 1943, coded "PT*D". Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF,
coded "NA*H". |
|
HE898 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 (B) Squadron,
RCAF. |
|
HE899 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 424 (B) Squadron,
RCAF. Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*B", when it failed to return from mining
operation to the Frisian Islands on 21 / 22 May 1943, no survivors. |
|
HE900 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "KW*E". |
|
HE901 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 425 Squadron, RCAF,
in the UK, coded "KW*V". |
|
HE903 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 425 Squadron, RCAF,
in the UK, coded "KW*W". |
|
HE904 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK 1943. Coded
"OW*C". Bombed Duisberg on
12/13 May 1943. |
|
HE905 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, in the UK 1943. Coded
"OW*V". Failed to return
from attack on Duisberg on 12 / 13 May 1943, shot down by flak. 4 crew were POWs, one killed, and one
evaded capture. |
|
HE906 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 427 (B)
Squadron, RCAF. Also with No. 432
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*H", when it bombed Essen on 27/28 May
1943, and when it was lost. Failed to
return from attack on Hamburg on 2 /3 August 1943. All were killed. |
|
HE911 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded, "NA*I". |
|
HE917 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*W". |
|
HE918 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*C".
Served with No. 432 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*C". |
|
HE929 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*V". |
|
HE930 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*A". |
|
HE931 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*L". |
|
HE961 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 420 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, when shot down on 1 July 1943. |
|
HE962 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*N". Engine
caught fire after take-off from Kairouan on 17 July 1943. Aircraft was
abandoned in flight. |
|
HE963 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*U". Shot
down while on a mission to Messina on 14 July 1943. |
|
HE965 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 420 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*R". |
|
HE966 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 (B)
Squadron, RCAF. |
|
HE967 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*O". Shot
down while on a mission to Randazzo on 2 August 1943. |
|
HE968 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*Q". |
|
HE970 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "KW*C". |
|
HE971 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*G".
Suffered a ground fire and exploded at Paviller on 6 July 1943. Resulting fire also destroyed HZ371. |
|
HE973 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF. |
|
HE974 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*K". |
|
HE975 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, in England and in North Africa in 1943.
Coded "U". |
|
HE976 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*H". |
|
HE977 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*I". |
|
HE978 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*X". |
|
HE979 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 425 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943, coded "KW*Y". |
|
HE981 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF. With No. 429 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*T" when lost. Failed to return from attack on Krefeld on
21/22 June 1943, shot down by a night fighter. All were killed. |
|
HE983 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*A". |
|
HE990 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 431 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "SE*Z". Failed
to return from attack on Dusseldorf on 25/26 May 1943. Shot down by night fighter of I/NJG 1 at
01:24 near Oostrum. 2 were POWs and 3
killed. |
|
HE991 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 429 (B) Squadron and
No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, in 1943. |
|
HE995 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 426 Squadron,
RCAF, coded "OW*R". Hit by
flak attack on Dortmund on 23/24 May 1943, severe damage to the fuselage and
caught fire. 2 crew bailed out, crash-landed
at Martlesham Heath. |
|
HF113/G |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XII |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*P". /G suffix probably resulted from radar or
Leigh Light installation. |
|
HF115 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XII |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*W". Sank U-669 in the Bay of Biscay on 6/7
September 1943, this unit's first u-boat kill. Operating from Skitten, Scotland at this
time. Attack made using radar and
Leigh Light, at 44-53N 10-13W. Five
depth charges released on second pass over u-boat, one hung up. Remainder straddled the submerging
boat. Operating from Limavady,
Northern Ireland on 7 February 1944 when it attacked a u-boat using radar and
Leigh Light, piloted by F/O O. Campbell.
6 depth charges dropped, no clear results. Remained in area as long as fuel permitted,
total flight time was almost 11 hours. |
|
HF124 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943, coded "C1*Q". Disappeared on 27 August 1943, while
searching for MP693 which had disappeared the day before. |
|
HF127 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
With No. 407 (GR) Squadron,
RCAF. Attacked a u-boat on 2 August
1943, without observed results. |
|
HF131 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*P". Ditched off Orkney Islands on 24 March 1944
during a night navigation exercise, all crew killed or missing. |
|
HF132 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*A". |
|
HF134 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*M". Sank U-846 in the Bay of Biscay on 3/4 May
1944, this unit's third u-boat kill.
Operating from Chivenor, Devonshire at this time. Back at Chivenor on 3 May 1944, when it
attacked u-boat at 46-04N 09-20W, using radar and Leigh Light. Used 6 depth charges to sink U-846. Pilot was F/O L.J. Bateman. Used radar to attack and damage U-971 in
English Channel on 20 June 1944, using 6 depth charges. Pilot was F/O F.H. Foster. This u-boat was later sunk after attacks by
HMCS Haida, HMS Eskimo, and a Liberator from No. 311 Squadron. |
|
HF142 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/44, coded "C1*H". Stalled and crashed on takeoff from
Limavady on the morning of 15 February 1944, killing pilot Lt. D.B. Bleser,
USAAF and one RCAF and three RAF crew. |
|
HF144 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*G". |
|
HF149 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/44, coded "C1*C". Joined with No. 224 Squadron Liberator to
badly damaged U-989 in the English Channel on 6 June 1944. Failed to return to base, pilot S/L D.W.
Farrell and crew lost. |
|
HF171 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*J". |
|
HF182 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*T". |
|
HF184 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
With No. 407 (GR) Squadron,
RCAF in 1943. Collided with RAF
Liberator during level bombing attack on enemy surface vessels on 24 December
1943, returned safely to Chivenor, touching down at 08:24 on 25 December. |
|
HF187 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*S". |
|
HF207 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*O". Attacked surfaced u-boat on 7 February 1944
at 51-45N 18-50W, using radar and Leigh Light. 6 depth charges dropped, no observed
damage. Based out of Limavady,
Northern Ireland at this time. |
|
HF228 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*M". Attacked a u-boat on the night of 2/3
December 1943, using Leigh Light and radar.
No observed damage. Operating
from St. Eval by 2 December 1943, when it attacked a u-boat at night, using
radar and Leigh Light. 5 Depth charges
dropped, sub appeared to be damaged.
Returned to Chivenor after attack, as squadron was moving to this
base. |
|
HF286 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*L". Flying out of Chivenor on 14 June 1944 when
it used Leigh Light to attack surfaced u-boat at 45-31N 01-33W. 6 depth charges dropped, no observed
results. |
|
HF302 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*J". Flew this unit's last operation mission, a
convoy escort on 1 June 1945, from Chivenor, Devonshire. |
|
HF306 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*E". Operating from Chivenor on 22 May 1944,
when it used radar and Leigh Light to attack U-boat in the English Channel. AA fire forced aircraft to break off first
three passes. Dropped 6 depth charges
on fourth pass, AA fire ceased and radar contact lost, but no sunk or damaged
sub identified. Pilot F/O C.M. Balgar
received DFC for this mission. |
|
HF311 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
With No. 407 (GR) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "H", when it was lost on 11 March 1944 during an attack
on U-256. Conflicting reports if
U-boat flak downed aircraft, or if it crashed for some other reason. Pilot was F/O E. O'Connell, DFC. One crew member's body washed up in
Derrygimbla, near Clifden, Ireland some months later . |
|
HF412 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. XIV |
Served with No. 407 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF c.1943/45, coded "C1*P". |
|
HF457 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 429 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "AL*H". Failed
to return from attack on Mulheim on 22/23 June 1943, shot down by a night
fighter. 3 were killed and 2 POW. |
|
HF458 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Used by No. 420 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa in 1943. |
|
HF477 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*C". |
|
HF479 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF. Coded "QB*K". Damaged beyond repair in an unspecified
accident on 30 June 1944. |
|
HF493 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 432 Squadron, RCAF,
coded "QO*C". Hit by flak
during attack on Cologne on 3 / 4 July 1943.
On return to England aircraft was abandoned and crashed near Gravesend. |
|
HF495 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF. |
|
HF518 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 431 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "SE*J". Failed
to return from attack on Krefeld on 21 / 22 June 1943, no survivors. |
|
HF542 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 429 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "AL*O". Failed
to return from attack on Dusseldorf on 11 / 12 June 1943, shot down by a
night fighter. All were killed. |
|
HF543 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 431 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "SE*P". Collided
with a 427 (B) Squadron Halifax at Oulton during attack on Dusseldorf on 11 /
12 June 1943, writing off the Wellington, all crew OK. |
|
HF567 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 432 Squadron, RCAF,
coded "QO*Z". |
|
HF568 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 427 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "ZL*Y". Failed
to return from mining operation to Lorient and Brest on 26 / 27 June 1943, no
survivors. |
|
HF571 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF. Served with No. 432
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*U". |
|
HF572 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 432 Squadron, RCAF,
coded "QO*J". Failed to return
from attack on Wuppertal on 24/25 June 1943.
All were killed. |
|
HF582 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 424 Squadron,
RCAF, in North Africa, late 1943.
Coded "QB*M". |
|
HF599 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 432 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*L". |
|
HF600 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
With No. 429 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, in 1943. Served with No. 428 (B)
Squadron, RCAF. |
|
HF603 |
Vickers |
Vickers, Chester |
Wellington |
B. Mk. X |
Served with No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*K". |
|
HJ669 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 11 May to 11 August 1943. |
|
HJ670 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 11 May to 31 July 1943. |
|
HJ715 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
NF.II |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "TH*D". Lost in
action on 11 February 1944, may have crashed on return to UK. F/L A.L. Sanagan killed. |
|
HJ719 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, from 30 May to 6 June 1943, and again from 17 September 1943 to 2 May
1944. Coded "TH*U" in
September 1943. |
|
HJ722 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 20 May 1943, coded "TH*E" in September 1943. Lost on operations 28 January 1944, F/L
T.E. Dubroy killed. |
|
HJ729 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 1 August 1943. Coded
"TH*H" in September 1943.
Returned to No. 43 Group briefly in November 1943. Back to 418 Sdn., then to 605 Squadron on
31 January 1944. |
|
HJ731 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 30 May 1943. |
|
HJ733 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 30 May 1943. Coded
"TH*A" when it crashed and was written off on 12 June 1943. |
|
HJ741 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 2 June 1943. Bombed railway
junction near Melun, France on 27/28 July 1943. Coded "TH*S" in September 1943. Left this unit on 15 March 1944. |
|
HJ742 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 2 June 1943. Lost on
operations on 21 November 1943, coded "TH*B". F/O H.S. Schellenburg and F/O T. Thomson
killed. |
|
HJ743 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 3 June to 8 August 1943, coded "TH*T". |
|
HJ756 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 11 June to 8 August 1943, coded "TH*G". |
|
HJ757 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 15 June to 8 August 1943, coded "TH*N". |
|
HJ758 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 16 June to 5 July 1943. |
|
HJ761 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 24 March to 30 April 1944. |
|
HJ762 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 11 June to 23 July 1943, coded "TH*F". |
|
HJ763 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF
from 11 June to 16 August 1943, coded "TH*V". |
|
HJ764 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF in June 1943, and again from 27 August 1943 to 28 February 1944. Coded "TH*X" in September
1943. With this unit again in April
1945, as "TH*H". |
|
HJ771 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 14 June to 11 August 1943, coded "TH*U". |
|
HJ772 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 15 June to 16 August 1943, coded "TH*H". |
|
HJ773 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 16 June 1943. Missing on
operations, 24 August 1943. May have
been shot down by a Mosquito of No. 29 Squadron, RAF, not confirmed. |
|
HJ774 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, 20 June to 27 July 1943, coded "TH*K". |
|
HJ792 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, received directly from de Havilland on 26 August 1943. Later temporarily registered as G-AGKR. |
|
HJ821 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
F.B.VI |
Served with No. 418 (I)
Squadron, RCAF from 8 July 1943 to 7 April 1944, coded "TH*F" in
September 1943. With this unit again
from 14 May 1944 to 19 January 1945, as "TH*S". Also reported as "TH*W", dates
not known. |
|
HJ822 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, received directly from de Havilland on 9 July 1943. Lost on operations 25 / 26 July 1943. Crashed at Lijnden, near Schipol, Holland
at 23:55 local time on 25 July 1943. |
|
HJ823 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, received directly from de Havilland on 6 July 1943. Coded "L" by September 1943. Written off after flying into Dover balloon
barrage, 29 September 1943; F/L
D.D. Johnston and F/O F.D. Dwyer killed. |
|
HJ825 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF when lost on Ranger mission, near Lingen, Germany on 18/19 August
1943. F/O G.B. MacLean and F/O H.
Plant, RAF killed. |
|
HJ827 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron ,
RCAF when lost on a Flower mission near Beaumont-le-Roger, France on 16/17
September 1943. F/O J.E. fisher and
Sgt. D. Ridgeway, RAF killed. |
|
HJ829 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, received directly from de Havilland on 9 July 1943. Coded "M" by September 1943. Missing from operations, 11 November 1943. F/O B.G. Henderson and F/L S.P. Marlatt
killed. |
|
HJ830 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, received directly from de Havilland on 12 July 1943. Coded "J" by September 1943. Missing from operations, 9/10 November
1943. F/L J.L.D. Armstrong and F/O
A.J. Brown killed. |
|
HJ831 |
de Havilland |
DH, Hatfield |
Mosquito |
FB.VI |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF, received directly from de Havilland on 12 July 1943. Coded "O" by September 1943, and
"D" by April 1945. Last
recorded operation with this unit on 24/25 April 1945. |
|
HJ870 |
de Havilland |
DH at Leavesden |
Mosquito |
T.III |
With No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF from 19 February 1943, first Mosquito with this unit. Coded "Z" from February 1943. |
|
HJ919 |
de Havilland |
DH at Leavesden |
Mosquito |
N.F. Mk. II |
Served with No. 410 (NF)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "RA*B". |
|
HJ927 |
de Havilland |
DH at Leavesden |
Mosquito |
NF.II |
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF when lost during patrol over the North Sea on 22/23 October 1943. F/L R.H.B. Jackson and F/O M.C. Murray
killed. |
|
HJ929 |
de Havilland |
DH at Leavesden |
Mosquito |
NF.II |
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF when it spun in near Balk Wood, Dethick, Derbyshire on 16 August 1943. |
|
HJ930 |
de Havilland |
DH at Leavesden |
Mosquito |
NF.II |
With No. 410 (NF) Squadron,
RCAF. Crashed at Coleby Grange on
return from patrol on 18/19 March 1943.
F/S B.M. Haight and Sgt. O.S. Milburn, RAF killed. |
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