26 OTU's Vickers Wellington III (#BK440) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took off from RAF Wing on a cross-country training flight. After flying for about one hour and fifteen minutes in cloudy, freezing weather conditions, it is thought that there was a loss of control and structural failure which caused the Wellington to crash at high speed near Hindolveston in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The six airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Eric Wilfred BROWN,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Nicholas DOHERTY,
RCAF Sergeant Arthur William ELLIS,
RCAF Sergeant William Edward MARTIN,
RAF Flight Sergeant Arthur MERRIDEW and
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: R/190987
Age: 32
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 26 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire
A supervisor by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 15 Sept 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Arthur Albert and Margaret (née Taylor) Ellis of Toronto [both parents born in England].
Sergeant Arthur William Ellis is commemorated on Page 157 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
26 OTU's Vickers Wellington III (#BK440) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took off from RAF Wing on a cross-country training flight. After flying for about one hour and fifteen minutes in cloudy, freezing weather conditions, it is thought that there was a loss of control and structural failure which caused the Wellington to crash at high speed near Hindolveston in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The six airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Eric Wilfred BROWN,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Nicholas DOHERTY,
RCAF Sergeant Arthur William ELLIS,
RCAF Sergeant William Edward MARTIN,
RAF Flight Sergeant Arthur MERRIDEW and
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: R/190987
Age: 32
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 26 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire
A supervisor by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 15 Sept 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Arthur Albert and Margaret (née Taylor) Ellis of Toronto [both parents born in England].
Sergeant Arthur William Ellis is commemorated on Page 157 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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