TRAINING ACCIDENT 11 – 13/06/1943
Accident Description
TRAINING ACCIDENT 11 – 13/06/1943
| Night training exercise |
SGT. G.H. GRAY (R.A.A.F.) DIED
SGT. R. M. GRIEVE (R.A.A.F.) DIED
SGT. J.S. LEE (R.A.A.F.) DIED
FLT. SGT. V.C. McQUADE (R.A.A.F.) DIED
FLT. SGT. W.D. WEIR (R.A.A.F.) DIED
DETAILS OF ACCIDENT
Wellington bomber BJ672 took off from RAF Lichfield on the evening of 13th June 1943, on a night training exercise (27 OTU). Aircraft failed to return with all crew missing believed killed over the North Sea.