Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | MS471 |
Markings | -G |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bedford Cemetery, Bedfordshire |
Grave Reference | Sec. H. Grave 838.. |
Epitaph | WITH A CHEERY SMILE A WAVE OF THE HAND HE HAS WANDERED INTO AN UNKNOWN LAND |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 53 |
Service Number | J/24024 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 82 OTU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Adams W W (P/O) |
Baldwin P (Sgt) |
Ballauff R W (Sgt) |
Graham Bell F (F/O) |
Start Date | 09-08-1943 |
End Date | 09-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Ossington |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Cross country exercise |
Reason for Loss | An engine failed at low level and the Wellington crashed between Newark and Retford |