Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Baromesnil: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 15, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
DF614
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Woolfox Lodge - Woolfox Lodge
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Woolfox Lodge to drop leaflets over Nancy, France. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near the village of Baromesnil and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Alexander Kelly, pilot,
Sgt Albert Stanley Grove, radio operator,
Sgt George William Brothwell, navigator,
Sgt Donald Cecil Nelson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Stanley Cookson, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Alexander Kelly, pilot,
Sgt Albert Stanley Grove, radio operator,
Sgt George William Brothwell, navigator,
Sgt Donald Cecil Nelson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Stanley Cookson, air gunner.
