Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Dessel: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 25, 1943 at 0154 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HF594
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 2314LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Dessel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Robert Eldyrn Currie, pilot,
Sgt Norman Algar Musgrove Cawthra, navigator,
P/O Norman Bernard Touzel, navigator,
Sgt George Henry Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Neddham, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Robert Eldyrn Currie, pilot,
Sgt Norman Algar Musgrove Cawthra, navigator,
P/O Norman Bernard Touzel, navigator,
Sgt George Henry Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Neddham, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
