Crash of a Vickers 290 Wellington I near Kasteli AFB: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 23, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
R9693
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Al Dabaa - Al Dabaa
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by the German Flak, caught fire and exploded in the air before crashing near Kasteli AFB. The airplane was destroyed and all six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edmund David Fleishman, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Edgar Mathews, copilot,
Sgt George Richardson Haugh, navigator,
F/O Elwood Maurice William Bolton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Arthur Giles, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Cecil Westwood, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Edmund David Fleishman, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Edgar Mathews, copilot,
Sgt George Richardson Haugh, navigator,
F/O Elwood Maurice William Bolton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Arthur Giles, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Cecil Westwood, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
