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) Minelægningsområder.

4 flyvere fra WEL HE491 har ingen kendt grav.

Flying Officer Robert John Howard var fra Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 173 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

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) Minelaying areas.

4 airmen from WEL HE491 have no known grave.

Flying Officer Robert John Howard was from Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 173, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 185.

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 425 (Alouette) Squadron * 425 Squadron RCAF Association

Wellington X HE491 KW-B  took off from RAF Dishforth at 21.10 hrs. on 11 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this). p148MACR has target area. 

5 airmen.