Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Alsheim: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 6, 1942 at 2012 LT
Operator:
Registration:
BJ898
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1733LT on an operation to Mannheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Alsheim, 32 km north northwest of Mannheim. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Harry William Larkins, pilot,
F/O Jack Sydney Abel, navigator,
Sgt Richard Edwards Hayman, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Ernest Frank Stammers, air gunner,
F/Sgt David Garth Williams, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Harry William Larkins, pilot,
F/O Jack Sydney Abel, navigator,
Sgt Richard Edwards Hayman, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Ernest Frank Stammers, air gunner,
F/Sgt David Garth Williams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
