Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Langtoft: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 12, 1942 at 2330 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z8532
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1734LT to lay mines in the Hawthorne area. In the late evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Langtoft. Two crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt K. R. W. Simmonds, pilot,
Sgt K. Bowes, navigator,
F/Sgt John Percy Standfast, bomb aimer, †
Sgt G. W. Fisher, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Walter Yapp, air gunner. †
Crew:
Sgt K. R. W. Simmonds, pilot,
Sgt K. Bowes, navigator,
F/Sgt John Percy Standfast, bomb aimer, †
Sgt G. W. Fisher, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Walter Yapp, air gunner. †
