Operation: Training (Navigation)

Date: 13th February 1943 (Saturday)

Unit: 22 O.T.U. (Operational Training Unit)

Type: Wellington X

Serial: HF759

Base: R.A.F. Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire.

Location: Charlecote, Warwickshire.

Pilot: W/O.1 Leonard Stanley Carpenter R/73173 R.C.A.F. Age 24. Killed (1)

Obs: W/O 1. George Andrew Molozzi R/83527 R.C.A.F. Age 27. Killed 

Nav: P/O. Spencer Hewitt Amys J/22362 R.C.A.F. Age 21. Killed

Nav 2: P/O. Michael Stein Jacobs J/16184 R.C.A.F. Age 23. Killed

Nav 3: Sgt. Russell Charles Heath Boulton R/130745 R.C.A.F. Age 23. Killed

Nav 4: Sgt. John Gilbert Campbell R/95404 R.C.A.F. Age 23. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Laurence Michael Fleming 992509 R.A.F.V.R. Age ? Killed

Air/Gnr: Sgt. Roy Kennedy R/143849 R.C.A.F. Age 24. Killed 

REASON FOR LOSS:

Took off from R.A.F. Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire on a routine navigation exercise which by all reports went well until they started to return to the airfield when on final approach a pin in one of the flaps snapped.

Wellington X (this one from 75 squadron which went on to serve in 22 O.T.U. (courtesy I.W.M.)

The pilot made a heroic effort to overshoot and to try and regain some height but lost control when the Wellington stalled between 100 and 150 ft. The aircraft crashed at around 12.37 hrs. killing all on board.

(1) W/O. Leonard Carpenter on his second tour of operations at date of death.

W/O.1 Leonard Stanley Carpenter. Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery Grave 4232. Son of Mr. and Mrs. U. W. Carpenter, of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

W/O 1. George Andrew Molozzi. Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery Grave 4231. Son of Andrew Molozzi and of Annie Molozzi (nee Zokoski), of Acton, Ontario, Canada.

P/O. Spencer Hewitt Amys. Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery Grave 4236. Son of Dr. Charles H. Amys, M.D., and Mary E. Amys. Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

P/O. Michael Stein Jacobs. Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery Grave 4176. Son of Samuel William Jacobs, K.C., and of Amy Stein Jacobs, of Westmount, Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Sarah Westheimer Jacobs.

Sgt. Russell Charles Heath Boulton. Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery Grave 4234. Son of George Cartwright Boulton and Florence Mary Boulton, of Stettler, Alberta, Canada.

Sgt. John Gilbert Campbell. Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery Grave 4233. Son of Gilbert Ernest and Mary Eleanor Campbell, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, husband of Helen Bernice Campbell, of Winnipeg.

Fl/Sgt. Laurence Michael Fleming. Buckfastleigh Churchyard. New Sec. Grave 112. N.o.K details currently not available – are you able to assist completion of these and any other information?

Sgt. Roy Kennedy. Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery Grave 4235. Son of Daniel and Edith Kennedy, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

For John Campbell (Grandson of Sgt. John Campbell) and dedicated to all relatives of the crew. We welcome any further information regarding this and for contact with other relatives. Acknowledgements: Bill Chorley – ‘Bomber Command Losses Vol’s. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions’, I.W.M. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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