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Crash Site Vickers Wellington Mk X 4 26 RCAF Squadron

During the night of 10 April 1943, the bomber Vickers Wellington Mk X of 426 RCAF Squadron crashed over Virelles.
The entire crew was killed:
Pilot P/O John H. Sammet
Sgt John Hehir (Bomb aimer)
Sgt Douglas A. Weller (Navigator)
Sgt George Levins (Wireless operator)
Sgt Jack Budreau (Tail gunner)

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Source

  • Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • https://www.hangarflying.eu/
  • https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/140807

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