Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Engerhafe: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1942 at 0207 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3758
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Engerhafe
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2330LT on an operation to Emden. Shortly asfter bombing, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in an open field located one km east of Engerhafe. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Beattie Larkins, pilot,
Sgt Gibbard Selkirk Standring, observer,
Sgt Alan Buchan Harper, wireless operator,
Sgt William Thomson Smith, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Horace Stangham, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
Final Report:

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Engerhafe: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1941 at 2012 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5561
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Engerhafe
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1705LT on an operation to Emden. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Engerhafe, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Edwin John Williams, pilot,
Sgt Donald Kenneth Gordon, pilot,
F/Sgt Jack Cecil Donkin, observer,
Sgt Ronald James, wireless operator,
Sgt Willis Langhorne, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Raymond Frederick Bourgeau, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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