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1942-10-10 Sergeant - Survived | |
Wellington B. Mk. III BK335 VRY | 419 (B) Sqn (RCAF) |
Take-off: 14:43:00 | Target: |
Wellington B. Mk. III BK335Operational 1942-October-10 to 1942-October-10
419 Moose Squadron (Moosa Aswayita) RAF Croft. Returning from a cross-country navigation training exercise, Wellington BIII aircraft BK 335 VR-Y suffered a port engine failure in a steep climbing turn after overshooting the landing. The aircraft stalled, crashed and burned at RAF Croft, Yorkshire, England with the loss of the aircraft and three crew
WO2 (then Sgt) H D'Aperng (RCAF) was injured but survived this flying accident
WO2 D'Aperng would be killed in action 1943-09-01 on 419 Squadron Halifax BII aircraft JD 331 VR-K on a raid to Berlin, Germany
419 Squadron RCAF 1941 to 1945 Crew of Wellington BK335
Aircraft accidents in Yorkshire
Others on the Aircraft
1942-10-10 RCAF Pilot Officer Patrick Campbell Survived 2023-12-141942-10-10 RCAF Flight Sergeant Richard John Todd Colvin KIFA 2024-03-25
1942-10-10 RCAF Flight Sergeant Herbert Ernest Hicks KIFA 2022-10-22
1942-10-10 RAFVR Sergeant Griffith Arthur Lloyd Survived 2022-10-22
1942-10-10 RCAF Sergeant Lewis William Scobie KIFA 2022-10-22