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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Beilen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1941 at 2010 LT
Type of aircraft:
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Registration:
T2516
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Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waterbeach - Waterbeach
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Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
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Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1728LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Beilen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Charles George Gilmore, pilot,
Sgt George William Thomas Wiggs, pilot,
F/Sgt Ian Gordon Harrowby, observer,
Sgt Albert Charles Frank Harrop, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Harold Sanders, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Reginald Schofield, air gunner.