Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Baudour: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 14, 1943 at 0215 LT
Operator:
Registration:
LN288
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 0001LT on an operation to Aachen. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Baudour, killing the entire crew.
Crew (466 Sq):
F/Sgt William Alfred Gunning, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Charles Jordan, flight engineer,
Sgt Rex Feakes, navigator,
Sgt Donald Walpole Covell, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Francis Cummins, air gunner.
Crew (466 Sq):
F/Sgt William Alfred Gunning, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Charles Jordan, flight engineer,
Sgt Rex Feakes, navigator,
Sgt Donald Walpole Covell, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Francis Cummins, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
