Crash of a Vickers 429 Wellington VIII near Clachan: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 27, 1943 at 0135 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HX779
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Limavady - Limavady
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Limavady on a night training exercise. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the airplane impacted hilly terrain 3 km from Clachan and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (7th OTU):
F/Sgt Donald Frank Sutterby, pilot,
W/O John Noble Mitton, pilot,
Sgt William Evans Davies, observer,
Sgt Herbert Gordon Brooks, wireless operator,
Sgt James Michael Wilson, air gunner.
Crew (7th OTU):
F/Sgt Donald Frank Sutterby, pilot,
W/O John Noble Mitton, pilot,
Sgt William Evans Davies, observer,
Sgt Herbert Gordon Brooks, wireless operator,
Sgt James Michael Wilson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain after the airplane veered some 100 km off course in adverse weather conditions.
