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21/22 March, 1941; LORIENT/MINELAYING:
The squadron prepared 8 aircraft for operations; in the end just
6 took off between 18.23hrs and 22.28hrs. Of these, 2 bombed
the submarine pens at Lorient and 2 were successful in dropping
mines.
Tragedy was to befall the crew piloted by P/O Robert Wilson (X3054).
Returning to England from the French coast, their aircraft struck
high ground on Dartmoor killing the 25 year- old pilot and his
three fellow crew members.
Hampden X3054
P/O R.D. Wilson Pilot (Killed)
Sgt R. Brames
W/AG (Killed)
Sgt R.L.A.
Ellis 2nd Pilot (Killed)
Sgt C.J. Lyon A/G (Killed)
A stone on Hameldown
Tor, Dartmoor, marks the crash site.
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