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DonClark
 
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"How many crew members were on board the Wellington that crashed off Gozo and other than the injured four, who were they ? And what happened following their arrival in Gozo? This is very interesting given that it is also local history."

Vickers Wellington 1c R1182 "D" of 40 Sqn RAF
Ditched 15 miles N of Gozo on return from Elmas 10 Nov 1942
Crew 6
Pilot Sgt Bill Setterfield
Copilot Sgt Cecil Rainey
Navigator/bomb aimer Sgt Paddy Heffernan
Wireless Op Sgt Aggy Agnew
Front turret gunner Sgt Church Churchman
Rear turret gunner Sgt Nick Nicholson

Sources
40 Sqn Operations Record Book

10 Nov 42 image 10 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/D8411576

AIR81/19599 - Sergeant W J H Setterfield, Sergeant W O Hafferman, Sergeant M Churchmann, Sergeant W H Nicholson: injured; remainder of crew uninjured; Wellington R1182, 40 Squadron, forced landing at sea, near Gozo, Malta, 11 November 1942.

Wellington crew positions
Crew positions in a Wellington | WW2Talk
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