Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III into Langavatnet Lake: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 24, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
BK309
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1710LT on October 23 to lay mines off Haugesund, Norway. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and later ditched in the Langavatnet Lake located about 10 km east of Haugesund. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Henry Kenneth Rees, pilot,
Sgt Henry Arnold Dalzell, †
F/O Gwyn Martin,
F/Sgt James Edward Whaley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Donald Theodore Taylor, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O Henry Kenneth Rees, pilot,
Sgt Henry Arnold Dalzell, †
F/O Gwyn Martin,
F/Sgt James Edward Whaley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Donald Theodore Taylor, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
