Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Darenwurth: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 13, 1942 at 2310 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3954
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 on an operation to Kiel. In the late evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Darenwurth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Ventry Watters, pilot,
Sgt Lewis Harry Parkinson, navigator,
Sgt Albert Cyril Orr, air bomber,
Sgt Ellison George Firth, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Edward Goldsack, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Ventry Watters, pilot,
Sgt Lewis Harry Parkinson, navigator,
Sgt Albert Cyril Orr, air bomber,
Sgt Ellison George Firth, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Edward Goldsack, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
