Den 12. april 1943 vendte WEL HE491 ikke hjem fra en minelægningsoperation. Flyet må have styrtet ned i Nordsøen. Hele besætningen omkom.
Den 20. juni 1943 blev E. Kitt fundet drevet in omkring her nord for Esbjerg. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 29. juni 1943. (Kilde: AOD)

4 flyvere fra WEL HE491 har ingen kendt grav.

Flight Sergeant Earl Randolph Carvajal var canadisk statsborger.
Hans navn er på Panel 181 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Han var en af de mange Amerikanske flyvere, der var gået ind i RCAF. Se Americans In The RCAF.
379 af dem mistede livet - 8 af dem ses i www.airmen.dk + R.J. Dillon!
They Shall Grow Not Old: Fra El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. Dræbt i tjeneste 12. april 1943. 425 Alouette Squadron.
5 flyvere.

On 12 April 1943 WEL HE491 failed to return from a mine laying operation. It must have crashed into the North Sea. All of the crew perished.
On 20 June 1943 E. Kitt was found drifted ashore about here north of Esbjerg. He was buried in Esbjerg on 29 June 1943. (Source: AOD)

4 airmen from WEL HE491 have no known grave.

Flight Sergeant Earl Randolph Carvajal was a citizen of Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 181, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He was one of many American airmen who had joined the RCAF. See Americans In The RCAF.
379 of them lost their lives - 8 of them are seen on www.airmen.dk + R.J. Dillon!
They Shall Grow Not Old: From El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. Killed In Action 12 April 1943. 425 Alouette Squadron.

See Bomber Command No. 425 Squadron RCAF and No. 425 Squadron of Canadian Wings. This Wellington took off from RAF Dishforth. Lost Bombers has this.
5 airmen.