Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Den Helder: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 26, 1942 at 0232 LT
Registration:
R1349
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Chipping Warden - Chipping Warden
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chipping Warden on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Den Helder-De Kooy. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alan Charles Russell Wilson, pilot,
F/Lt Donald Patrickson Drussel, observer,
F/Sgt David White Taylor, wireless operator,
P/O Ryland George Addis, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frederick James Golightly, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alan Charles Russell Wilson, pilot,
F/Lt Donald Patrickson Drussel, observer,
F/Sgt David White Taylor, wireless operator,
P/O Ryland George Addis, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frederick James Golightly, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.