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Wellington, X-3361, January 31, 1943, Info
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 12:12 am
by georgetanksherman
Looking for further in on this aircraft, Wellington, X-3361, January 31, 1943, was being ferried from the 43 Maintenance Unit to the RCAF 425 Squadron, it seems that as well as the flight crew it also had some maintenance personnel on board. can some one tell me who the crew are for this aircraft, and I know I am pushing it but the same as the maintenance folks, fitters, engine mech. Thank You !
Crew and Maintenance:
LAC J.A.T. Rioux, Survived crash, but injured
Cpl J.A.G. Broulette, Survived crash, but injured
Cpl G.J. Giguere, R/53388, RCAF, Thessalon, Ontario, Canada - KIFA
Cpl J.G.A. Savignac, Survived crash, but injured
Sgt D.M. Coates, Survived crash, but injured
Sgt J.V.M Deschenes, Survived crash, but injured
Sgt R.G.C. Cater, 1384736, RAFVR, Horringer, Suffolk, England - KIFA
Sgt J.M.G. Perron, Survived crash, but injured
Sgt J.D. Wray, Survived crash, but injured
Re: Wellington, X-3361, January 31, 1943, Info
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:16 am
by Temujin
georgetanksherman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2019 12:12 am
Looking for further in on this aircraft, Wellington, X-3361, January 31, 1943, was being ferried from the 43 Maintenance Unit to the RCAF 425 Squadron, it seems that as well as the flight crew it also had some maintenance personnel on board. can some one tell me who the crew are for this aircraft, and I know I am pushing it but the same as the maintenance folks, fitters, engine mech. Thank You !
Crew and Maintenance:
LAC J.A.T. Rioux, Survived crash, but injured
Cpl J.A.G. Broulette, Survived crash, but injured
Cpl G.J. Giguere, R/53388, RCAF, Thessalon, Ontario, Canada - KIFA
Cpl J.G.A. Savignac, Survived crash, but injured
Sgt D.M. Coates, Survived crash, but injured
Sgt J.V.M Deschenes, Survived crash, but injured
Sgt R.G.C. Cater, 1384736, RAFVR, Horringer, Suffolk, England - KIFA
Sgt J.M.G. Perron, Survived crash, but injured
Sgt J.D. Wray, Survived crash, but injured
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Screen shots from “They Shall Not Grow Old”........sorry, info was on two columns so had to take two photos:
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I’ll look for more info
Re: Wellington, X-3361, January 31, 1943, Info
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:27 am
by Temujin
FS Perron was the Pilot of the aircraft:
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Re: Wellington, X-3361, January 31, 1943, Info
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:35 am
by Temujin
Cpl G.J. Giguere, R/53388
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Re: Wellington, X-3361, January 31, 1943, Info
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:07 am
by Temujin
George, just to confirm the crew. FS Perron’s crew flew a mission the night before, and confirms the crew. NOTE: this WASN’T the aircraft that they had the accident, although if you read the report the aircraft had to return with it’s bomb load due to a fault in their aircraft
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Re: Wellington, X-3361, January 31, 1943, Info
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:15 am
by Temujin
Found the crash and crew and maintenance people on the ORB
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I “zoomed in” to hopefully give you a better look at the details
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Re: Wellington, X-3361, January 31, 1943, Info
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:18 pm
by georgetanksherman
Awesome info, as usual, really appreciate the help with that one ! was a bit of a handful !
Cheers
George