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Wellington T2520 Information

Type	Wellington
Serial Number	T2520
Squadron	115
X1D	KO-A
Operation	Bordeaux
Date 1	8th December 1940
Date 2	9th December 1940

Further Information

"Serial Range T2501 - T2520. 20 Wellington Mk.1C. Part of a batch of 300 Wellington Mk.1C. T2458-T2477; T2501-T2520; T2541-T2580; T2606-T2625; T2701-T2750; T2801-T2850; T2873-T2922; T2951-T3000. Delivered by Vickers (Weybridge) between Jun40 and Feb41. T2919; T2977; T2979; T2979; T2982; T2988 converted to Mk.V111. T2850; T2920; T2969 converted to Mk.XV1. T2545 converted to Mk.11 and later used as an engine test bed. Airborne 1715 8Dec40 from Marham. Strayed off track on the return and crashed 0312 9Dec40 into a hillside at Cefn-y-strad near Tredegar, Glamorgan, Wales. Three of the crew, including the pilot, are buried in Llantwit Major Cemetery, while the rest were taken to their home towns for burial. P/O A.Tindall KIA Sgt D.Mills KIA Sgt H.D.Ellis KIA Sgt S.G.Howard KIA Sgt R.Brown KIA Sgt D.E.Wallace KIA "