HE802 Wellington - Aberdeenshire
 

Anybody got any info about this Wellington?

Crashed 26 Aug 1943, Aberdeenshire (possibly near Gartly)

Any crew injuries / fatalities etc?

Re: HE802 Wellington - Aberdeenshire
 

Google Wellington HE802, this crash is described in details on four different websites...

Season greetings

Re: HE802 Wellington - Aberdeenshire
 

The location of the crash seems to be varied....

(1) Near Turriff
(2) Near Gartly, Huntly
(3) "South East of Base" which could be (1) or (2) but does mention (2)

Report W1684 of AVIA 5/22/W1684 mentions "Corry Down Aberdeenshire" which both (1) and (2) have

Trying to find actual facts rather that Internet assumptions, Does anybody have any exact traceable location of the crash?

Re: HE802 Wellington - Aberdeenshire
 

There are three RCAF members on board so you can get their service files on ancestry.com and get a copy of the AVIA file via filephotoservice for example

Re: HE802 Wellington - Aberdeenshire
 

Some conflicting info, or perhaps another crash in the area?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...me-bomber.html

Re: HE802 Wellington - Aberdeenshire
 

The Form 765c Court of Enquiry form from 1943 describes the crash location as

"CORRY DOWN 7 miles SW of HUNTLY 1100 ft. above M.S.L."

See report
https://drive.google.com/open?id=176...NXHkITV1mCbbee

regards

Dennis

Re: HE802 Wellington - Aberdeenshire
 

Many thanks Dennis

It reads the crew took off from Elgin (Bogs of Mayne?) which was where 20 OTU were based, and the COI was held at RAF Lossiemouth. Would you agree?

Re: HE802 Wellington - Aberdeenshire
 

Some propeller blades were found around 8 miles from the crash site, the COI paperwork doesn't refer to any missing propellers and wondering how you go about finding out from limited markings on the props how they could be matched to the aircraft.

It could be a separate aircraft of course....

Re: HE802 Wellington - Aberdeenshire
 

Hello,
I expect you have seen this site, but just in case ...

http://aircrewremembered.com/adams-frank-edward.html

Alex