Crash Wellington LN442
The Wellington LN442 of the 466 squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force leaves Yorkshire on August 11, 1943. Its mission is to drop mines on Saint-Nazaire. It crashed over Groix on August 12, 1943. The aviators will be buried in Guidel cemetery on August 14, 1943. A stele located between Quéhello and Pointe St Nicolas, At the edge of a north-south road evokes their memory.
The crew :
★ W/O Edmund Daniel Fogden RAAF
★ F/Sgt Frank Norman Hamood RAAF
★ Sgt Ronald William Richardson RAF Volunteer Reserve
★ F/Sgt William Victor Bryan Winchester RAAF
★ Sgt Roger Gordon Woosnam RAF Volunteer Reserve
Contribution Isabelle Christien
Photo credit Jean Ernster
