Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Buggenum: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1943 at 0134 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HZ517
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2335LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Buggenum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O George Henri De Bussac, pilot,
P/O Malcolm Burgess Spence, navigator,
F/O William Arthur Follows, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt George Demetrius Coe, wireless operator,
Sgt David Edwin Palmatier, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O George Henri De Bussac, pilot,
P/O Malcolm Burgess Spence, navigator,
F/O William Arthur Follows, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt George Demetrius Coe, wireless operator,
Sgt David Edwin Palmatier, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
