Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Kehdingbruch: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 29, 1942 at 0146 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3558
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Kehdingbruch, some 70 km northwest of Hamburg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alexander George Sutherland, pilot,
W/O George Ernest Shone, observer,
Sgt Adrian Oscar Tabor, wireless operator,
Sgt Ian Gordon Stewart, air gunner,
P/O Charles Harkness, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Alexander George Sutherland, pilot,
W/O George Ernest Shone, observer,
Sgt Adrian Oscar Tabor, wireless operator,
Sgt Ian Gordon Stewart, air gunner,
P/O Charles Harkness, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
