Wellington R3293 near Filey.
On 9th August 1940 the crew of this 38 Squadron aircraft became lost and ran out of fuel on return from an operational flight to Hamburg, the pilot landed the aircraft near Filey in a field along side Muston Road on land which borders Filey School at around 04.30hrs. The crew are not though to have been injured.
Pilot - Sgt Fred Lupton RAF (364028).
Second Pilot - P/O Donald Maclean RAFVR (79167).
Navigator - Sgt Gerald Tipping RAF (580815).
Wireless Operator - Sgt Victor F Gammon RAF (640131).
Air Gunner - Sgt John Hamilton.
Air Gunner - Sgt Stewart.
P/O Fred Lupton was killed on 16th September 1942 while serving with 27 OTU when Wellington N2782 failed to return from Ops to Essen, he is buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery.
On 30th September 1940 MacLean, Tipping, Gammon and Hamilton were flying 38 Squadron Wellington R3219 on ops to Leipzig and it crashed in Germany. P/O Maclean was killed while the others became PoWs.
Wellington R3293 was built to contract B3913/39 by Vickers Armstrong's Ltd at Weybridge. It was allotted to 10 MU on 4th June 1940 and was received by them on 7th June 1940. The aircraft was taken on charge by 38 Squadron at Marham on 28th June 1940. As a result of the forced landing near Filey on 9th August 1940 Cat.R(b) damage was the damage assessment. It was transported for repair at "B. Aviation" 4 MU. Once repaired it passed to 8 MU on 23rd March 1941. It's AM Form 78 states that on 20th May 1941 it passed to the O.A.D.F. at Kemble. It then passed to the care of 15 O.T.U. at Harwell on 2nd June 1941 just prior to a flight to the Middle East on 13th June 1941. It is more likely that this was the other way round; the aircraft was at 15 O.T.U. first, which was the unit used to train crews for overseas operations, such as in the Middle East, it was then transferred to O.A.D.F. with it's crew for preparation for it's flight out the the Middle East. As it unfortunately happened it was lost, sustaining Cat.W damage on 16th June 1941 when it crashed in the sea near Kalafrana, Malta when the delivery flight from Gibraltar to Malta. It stalled on approach to land at Luqa and crashed into the sea killing all six of the crew, one of which was never found. The other five are buried in Malta Naval Cemetery. The aircraft was struck off charge on 1st July 1941.