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428 Ghost Squadron (Usque Ad Finem) RAF Dalton. Wellington BX aircraft HE 322 NA-J was carrying a 4,000 lb. bomb when it swung off the runway during take-off for an operation against targets in Dusseldorf Germany. The Wellington hit the ridge at the end of the aerodrome with the bomb exploding on impact
FS JCE Jette (RCAF), FS JER Marchand (RCAF), Sergeant MP Scullion (RCAF) and Sergeant R Askew (RAFVR) were all killed in action
The sole survivor was pilot Sergeant W Lachman (RCAF), who was badly injured
Most of this crew, Jette, Lachman, Askew and Marchand had been rescued at sea 1943-05-28 following the ditching of 428 Squadron Wellington X aircraft MS 481 NA-Q returning from an operation to Essen, Germany. The starboard engine was disabled by flak over Essen and the bomber turned for home, ditching off the coast of England, near Grimsby near the Humber Estuary. Sadly, the tail section had broken away from the aircraft with the loss of the rear air gunner, FS AF O'Rourke (RCAF)
Wellington X HE322 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
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