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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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29/30.03.1943 No. 429 Squadron Wellington III BK540 Sgt. Harry D.G. Carty

Operation: Bochum

Date: 29/30th March 1943 (Monday/Tuesday)

Unit: 429 Squadron RCAF (Bison. motto: Fortunae Nihil - 'Nothing to chance'). 6 Group

Type: Wellington III

Serial: BK540

Coded: AL -?

Base: RAF East Moor, Yorkshire

Location: North Sea - exact location not yet known

Pilot: Sgt. Harry Dennis Gordon Carty RAFVR 1334945. Age 20. Missing

Obs: Fl/Sgt. David Lachlan Bain RCAF R/106671. Age 27. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Eric Kelvin Hart RAFVR 1115910 Age 34. Missing

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Robert Eccles Scott RAFVR 1126204 Age 21. Missing

Air/Gnr: Sgt. William Frederick Whiteland RAFVR 1336444 Age 20. Missing

REASON FOR LOSS:

Took-off at19:45 hrs. from East Moor. The aircraft load - 2 X 500 G.Purpose bombs, 360 X lb. incendiaries, 16 X 30 lb. incendiaries.

The Bochum force were hampered by heavy icing and electrical storms over the North Sea causing 120 aircraft to return early. 13 Wellingtons failed to return.

Last heard by Hull D/R at 20.43hrs, at which time the aircraft was in position 5333E 0140N.

Fl/Sgt. David Bain rests in Fourfelt cemetery in Esbjerg. His body was brought into Esbjerg harbour on the 9th July, laid to rest on 12th July 1942 - the remainder of the crew are still classed as missing.

Burial Details:

Sgt. Harry Dennis Gordon Carty. Runnymede Memorial Panel 144. Son of Harry John and Ann Keziah Carty, of Chingford, Essex, England.

Fl/Sgt. David Lachlan Bain. Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery. Grave A111.7.22. Son of James M. and Jean Sutherland Bain, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Born 31st January 1916. Grave inscription: 'We Who Watched That Life So Bright & Brief Mark This Marble With Our Love & Grief'.

Fl/Sgt. Eric Kelvin Hart. (shown left) Runnymede Memorial Panel 137. Son of William Edward and Alice Louise Hart; husband of Betty Hart, of Coniston, Yorkshire, England.

Sgt. Robert Eccles Scott. Runnymede Memorial Panel 164. Son of James Scott, and of Jane Scott (nee Eccles), of Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

Sgt. William Frederick Whiteland. Runnymede Memorial Panel 169. Son of Fred and Kate Whiteland, of Herriard, Hampshire, England.

KTY Updated 05-09-2021with thanks to Francois Dutil and great nephew of Fl/Sgt. Eric Hart

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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