Date: 29/30th March 1943.
Unit: Mo. 429 Squadron R.C.A.F. (Bison.)
Type: Wellington III.
Serial: BK540.
Coded: AL-C
Location: North Sea.
Pilot: Sgt. Harry Dennis Gordon Carty R.A.F.V.R. 1334945. Age 20. Missing.
Observer F/Sgt. David Lachlan Bain R.C.A.F. R/106671. Age 27. Killed.
Wop/A/Gnr: F/Sgt. Eric Kelvin Hart. R.A.F.V.R. 1115910. Age 34. Missing.
Wop/A/Gnr: Sgt. Robert Eccles Scott R.A.F.V.R. 1126204. Age 21. Missing.
A/Gnr: Sgt. William Frederick Whiteland R.A.F.V.R. 1336444. Age 20. Missing.
With a special thanks to Lee Miles for providing us with this information - many thanks to Mike Harrison for providing us with further details regarding this loss.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off at1945hrs from East Moor. Last heard by Hull D/R at 2043hrs, at which time the aircraft was in position 5333E 0140N. Putting the aircraft approx 60 miles off Lincoln, England.
F/S David L. Bain rests in Fourfelt cemetery in Esbjerg. His body was brought into Esbjerg harbour on 9/7 and was laid to rest on 12/7-1943.
Left: Sgt. Harry Carty.
Pilot Sgt Harry D.G. Carty RAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. F/S Eric K. Hart RAF, W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt Robert E. Scott RAF and Air Gnr. William F. Whiteland RAF have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
(We apologise for the quality of this photograph of Sgt Carty but despite appeals we are unable to find any of him or other crew members)
The Runnymede Memorial.
F/Sgt. David Lachlan Bain
Burial Details:
Sgt. Harry Dennis Gordon Carty R.A.F.V.R. 1334945. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 144.
Son of Harry John and Ann Keziah Carty, of Chingford, Essex.
F/Sgt. David Lachlan Bain R.C.A.F. R/106671. ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY AIII. 7. 22.
Son of James M. and Jean Sutherland Bain, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
F/Sgt. Eric Kelvin Hart. R.A.F.V.R. 1115910. MEMORIAL Panel 137.
Son of William Edward and Alice Louise Hart; husband of Betty Hart, of Coniston, Yorkshire.
Sgt. Robert Eccles Scott R.A.F.V.R. 1126204. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 164.
Son of James Scott, and of Jane Scott (nee Eccles), of Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire.
Sgt. William Frederick Whiteland R.A.F.V.R. 1336444. RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 169.
Son of Fred and Kate Whiteland, of Herriard, Hampshire.
With thanks to the following: Bill Chorley - "Bomber Command Losses Vol 3", Martin Middlebrook "Bomber Command War Diaries". The C.W.G.C.
