Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Klein-Rohrheim: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 11, 1943 at 0320 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3334
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 2312LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Klein-Rohrheim, 19 km southwest of Darmstadt. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Crew:-
P/O Alexander Urquhart, pilot,
Sgt William Kinniburgh, pilot,
Sgt Harold Edward Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald George Edwards, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Michael Ralph Dixon, air gunner.
Crew:
Crew:-
P/O Alexander Urquhart, pilot,
Sgt William Kinniburgh, pilot,
Sgt Harold Edward Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald George Edwards, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Michael Ralph Dixon, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
