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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:38 am Post subject: Dumfries, Wellington HE 746 |
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Not listed by UKNIWM.
This memorial is in the control tower at Dumfries Aerodrome, now the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum at OS Map Ref NX 999 786.
A complex exhibit and I am afraid my photos scarcely do it justice, you need to see it in the flesh.
The memorial is to the crew of Wellington Aircraft HE 746 which crashed near Dumfries Aerodrome on 4th June 1943. The crew were:
Sgt George William Mullis
Sgt L A Southam (pilot)
Sgt H Parker (air bomber)
Sgt J Kent RCAF (air gunner)
The memorial consists of a Hercules engine and other parts of the Wellington salvaged from the crash site along with a plaque and several explanatory documents.
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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:40 am Post subject: |
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Sgt Kent is buried in the nearby St Andrews graveyard in Dumfries.
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 5071 Location: Blairgowrie, Perthshire
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:57 am Post subject: |
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A nice touch.
I know, having spoken to relatives, just what an affect their losses had throughout their lives. |
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Tony H
Joined: 27 Oct 2019 Posts: 17 Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Further info as follows
26 OTU Wellington HE746 had departed RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire at 2340 on 04/06/43 for a night Cross-Country NAVEX (NAVigation EXercise)
During the flight, the aircraft suffered Starboard Engine failure and it then attempted to make an emergency landing at RAF Dumfries
Tragically, the aircraft crashed and burnt out 2 miles N of the airfield at 0405
Four of the crew were killed, the fifth was seriously injured |
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