Wellings, Frank Richard

Killed in Action 1941-12-14

Birth Date: 1913

Born:

Son of I. E. and Edith Wellings, of Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire. B.Sc. (Hons.).

Home: Montgomery, Wales

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

209 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/4890

Home
Google MapMontgomery, Wales
First Burial
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey, Uk
209 Squadron (Might And Main). Catalina aircraft AH 530 was armed with 4 x 500 lb. depth charges when it hit the mast of a ship immediately after becoming airborne. The aircraft then crashed into the water and burst into flames one and one half cables south-west of Weare Point, near Pembroke Dock, Wales. FS J.P. Taylor was also killed.

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Canso AH530

Flight Sergeant Taylor, John Percival (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1941-December-14
St James's Churchyard, Birstwith, Yorkshire, UK

Pilot Officer Wellings, Frank Richard (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1941-December-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat

RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.
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The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations.RCAF

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