HE501 Wellington X HD-J
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HE501 Wellington X HD-J
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| HE501 with a different crew standing infront of it. | ||||||
| 16th April 1943 | ||||||
| Pilot | Bomb Aimer | Navigator | Wireless Operator | Air Gunner | ||
| F/S C F Tozer | Sgt H E Jones | F/S G K Young | Sgt R K White | Sgt G Errington | ||
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| Take Off :- 21:17 | Base :- RAF Leconfield | Mission :- Mannheim | ||||
| Details :- HE501 was shotdown at 23:56 by a night-fighter and crashed near Seraincourt (Ardennes) at Logny-les-Chaumont, 16km North West of Rethel, France. | ||||||
| 271 aircraft detailed to attack, 18 lost. | ||||||
| The bomb load carried by HE501 on the night of 16th April 1943 was 6 x 500lb M.C. bombs and 890 gallons of fuel to allow for 9 - 10 hours of flying time. | ||||||
| All the crew are buried in Seraincourt Churchyard. | ||||||
| Photo of Sgt G Errington very kindly donated by Anne Nicholson | ||||||
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