Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Froidlieu: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 17, 1943 at 0020 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HE682
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2114LT on April 16 on an operation to Mannheim. Over Luxembourg, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Froidlieu. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lawrence Melville Horahan, pilot, †
F/Sgt James Earl Isaacs, navigator, †
F/Sgt Lester Kenneth Plank, navigator, †
Sgt Horace Stanley Pullen Radford, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Thomas Peter Allan, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lawrence Melville Horahan, pilot, †
F/Sgt James Earl Isaacs, navigator, †
F/Sgt Lester Kenneth Plank, navigator, †
Sgt Horace Stanley Pullen Radford, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Thomas Peter Allan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
