wellington bomber losses

BARRY historian Dr Jonathan Hicks has been contacted by a member of the Harpole Heritage Group in Northamptonshire, tasked with researching the crew of a Wellington bomber, which crashed with the loss of all seven...


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On this day, another OTU Wellington bomber also came to grief with the loss of all on board while on a cross country training flight, Canadian crewed Wellington HE871 which fell out of a storm cloud and into the sea between...
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The event, known as “The Wellington Bomber Bike Ride” is being undertaken to commemorate the crew of Wellington Bomber T2879 of 99 Squadron which took off from RAF Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire on 29 Sept 1941. After completing a bombing mission over Italy, on its return journey the aircraft crashed close to Landsmeer in the Netherlands with the loss of all on board. Led by Wing Commander Dave Manning (Manners), Officer Commanding 99 Squadron,...
wellington bomber losses