N4521U
Colonel
It's time........ May Day!
User Name: N4521U
Name: Bill
Category: Advanced
Entry: Lancaster
Kit: 1/72 Haswgawa MkIII
Accessories: Eduard cockpit. Quickboost barrels and scoops for a little more clean detail. Scratch? Who knows, yet to be seen. One good thing........ no visible engines!!!!!!
This one is for Annie. Kevin C. Waight's parents were a neighbor of Annie's when she was small. His parents were the blocks stand-in "Grandparents" after Kevins death in this Lanc. They pretty much took in all the children in the neighborhood as their own grandchildren. Until their death Annie was pretty close to them and still thinks of them with grandparent memories.
PO*J was part of the same group as "S" for Sugar fame that completed 100 missions. The photo attached is of a later PO*J as it has the outline of yellow around the code, a later addition for night ops. EE143 was lost before this addition, after just 5 missions. I know this, yellow o'lines, only by way of Terry, thanks for that. EE143, PO*J's story below.
467 SQUADRON RAAF, WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
Date of Death: 10 May 1944
Source: AWM 64 (1/427) (1/432) AWM 237 (63) (64) W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War : Page 219, Volume 1944
Summary:
Lancaster, EE143, PO*J, 467 Sqn RAAF
Lancaster EE143 took off from RAF Waddington at 2208 hours on the night of 10/11th May 1944 to bomb Lille, France. Bomb load 1 x 4000lb and 16 x 500lb bombs. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Seventeen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and three of these including EE143 failed to return.
Crew:
RAAF 414797 PO Hislop, D Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 424239 Flt Sgt K C Waight, (Navigator)
RAAF 419298 FO Crout, H R (Bomb Aimer)
RAAF 25243 FO Tucker, J F (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt B S Longhurst, (Flight Engineer)
RAAF 427870 Flt Sgt B F Cody, (Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt G Bennett, (Air Gunner)
Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Lezennes, Ronchin, in the south east suburbs of Lille, France. All the crew were killed and six of the crew are interred in the Hellemmes-Lille Communal Cemetery. Hellemes-Lille is a town and commune to the east of Lille a major town in the north of France. Flt Sgt Cody is buried in the Annappes Churchyard, France. Annappes is a suburb of Villeneuve d'Asi8>8.q, a town 7kms east of Lille.1944.
User Name: N4521U
Name: Bill
Category: Advanced
Entry: Lancaster
Kit: 1/72 Haswgawa MkIII
Accessories: Eduard cockpit. Quickboost barrels and scoops for a little more clean detail. Scratch? Who knows, yet to be seen. One good thing........ no visible engines!!!!!!
This one is for Annie. Kevin C. Waight's parents were a neighbor of Annie's when she was small. His parents were the blocks stand-in "Grandparents" after Kevins death in this Lanc. They pretty much took in all the children in the neighborhood as their own grandchildren. Until their death Annie was pretty close to them and still thinks of them with grandparent memories.
PO*J was part of the same group as "S" for Sugar fame that completed 100 missions. The photo attached is of a later PO*J as it has the outline of yellow around the code, a later addition for night ops. EE143 was lost before this addition, after just 5 missions. I know this, yellow o'lines, only by way of Terry, thanks for that. EE143, PO*J's story below.
467 SQUADRON RAAF, WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
Date of Death: 10 May 1944
Source: AWM 64 (1/427) (1/432) AWM 237 (63) (64) W R Chorley : RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War : Page 219, Volume 1944
Summary:
Lancaster, EE143, PO*J, 467 Sqn RAAF
Lancaster EE143 took off from RAF Waddington at 2208 hours on the night of 10/11th May 1944 to bomb Lille, France. Bomb load 1 x 4000lb and 16 x 500lb bombs. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Seventeen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and three of these including EE143 failed to return.
Crew:
RAAF 414797 PO Hislop, D Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 424239 Flt Sgt K C Waight, (Navigator)
RAAF 419298 FO Crout, H R (Bomb Aimer)
RAAF 25243 FO Tucker, J F (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt B S Longhurst, (Flight Engineer)
RAAF 427870 Flt Sgt B F Cody, (Air Gunner)
RAF Sgt G Bennett, (Air Gunner)
Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Lezennes, Ronchin, in the south east suburbs of Lille, France. All the crew were killed and six of the crew are interred in the Hellemmes-Lille Communal Cemetery. Hellemes-Lille is a town and commune to the east of Lille a major town in the north of France. Flt Sgt Cody is buried in the Annappes Churchyard, France. Annappes is a suburb of Villeneuve d'Asi8>8.q, a town 7kms east of Lille.1944.
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