Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Brakel: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 7, 1942 at 0455 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3867
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of September 6 on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Brakel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Ronald Parkes, pilot,
Sgt Henry Varley Gibb Crawford, observer,
Sgt George Herbert Rose, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alpheus Leslie Groves, air gunner,
F/Sgt Eric Glover Wilson, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Ronald Parkes, pilot,
Sgt Henry Varley Gibb Crawford, observer,
Sgt George Herbert Rose, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alpheus Leslie Groves, air gunner,
F/Sgt Eric Glover Wilson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
