Vickers Wellington X

HF602 HD-U

One of 116 Vickers Wellington X's delivered in May and June 1943 by Vickers-Armstrong at Hawarden
               
    Pilot Bomb Aimer Navigator Wireless Operator Rear Gunner 2nd Pilot
               
06/06/1943 Delivered new to 466 Squadron          
15/06/1943 Acceptance Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
17/06/1943 Height Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
19/06/1943 Training D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
21/06/1943 Air Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
21/06/1943 Krefeld D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
22/06/1943 Mulheim D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
24/06/1943 Air Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
24/06/1943 Wuppertal D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
25/06/1943 Gelsenkirchen D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
26/06/1943 Air Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
28/06/1943 Air Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
28/06/1943 Cologne D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
29/06/1943 Transit to Harwell W A Gunning R Feakes H C Jordan D W Covell T F Cummins  
29/06/1943 Lorient W A Gunning R Feakes H C Jordan D W Covell T F Cummins  
30/06/1943 Transit to Base W A Gunning R Feakes H C Jordan D W Covell T F Cummins  
               
02/07/1943 Air Test A A MacFarlane S Collins ?? ?? ??  
03/07/1943 Cologne A A MacFarlane S Collins W S Gaunt D E Midgley A H P Scale  
05/07/1943 Brest G B Coombes R R Last L D Anderson P P Balderston C J Trotman  
06/07/1943 St Nazaire A A MacFarlane S Collins W S Gaunt D E Midgley A H P Scale  
10/07/1943 Air Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
13/07/1943 Air Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
13/07/1943 Aachen D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd G R Bermingham
15/07/1943 Ferry to Driffield D F Bateman ?? ?? ?? ??  
16/07/1943 Training G B Coombes R R Last ?? ?? ??  
16/07/1943 Training D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
19/07/1943 Air Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
24/07/1943 Hamburg D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd J H Stevens
25/07/1943 Ameland D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
27/07/1943 Air Test D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
27/07/1943 Hamburg D F Bateman R S Bue J Cummin A W Coxall E M Tidd  
29/07/1943 Elbe L D Curnow W C Trewern J E Wade R H Garbutt W Forrester  
               
01/08/1943 St Nazaire L D Curnow W C Trewern J E Wade R H Garbutt W Forrester  
02/08/1943 Hamburg L D Curnow W C Trewern J E Wade R H Garbutt W Forrester  
07/08/1943 Brest L D Curnow W C Trewern J E Wade R H Garbutt W Forrester  
11/08/1943 Training J S Belton T H Sproulle ?? ?? ??  
11/08/1943 St Nazaire L D Curnow W C Trewern J E Wade R H Garbutt W Forrester  
15/08/1943 Brest L D Curnow W C Trewern J E Wade R H Garbutt W Forrester  
22/08/1943 Texel S R McDonald R J Evans J H Maunder G J Mitchell K M Tranent  
23/08/1943 Terschelling L D Curnow W C Trewern J E Wade R H Garbutt W Forrester  
24/08/1943 Heligoland Bight L D Curnow W C Trewern J E Wade R H Garbutt W Forrester  
26/08/1943 Lorient M J Smart J B McLachlan N H Fuss J R Brookes J T Eccleston  
27/08/1943 La Rochelle M J Smart J B McLachlan N H Fuss J R Brookes J T Eccleston  
               
Went on to serve with 82 OTU and 86 OTU. Overshot landing at Desborough 10/02/1944