Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Metzkausen: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 30, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
X3814
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1933LT on March 29 on an operation to Bochum. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Metzkausen, 13 northeast of Düsseldorf. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Roy Leonard Brandow, pilot,
Sgt Cecil William Cockaday, navigator,
F/Sgt Howard Cephus Sleep, navigator,
Sgt Leonard Gordon Jones, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Miller Greer, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Roy Leonard Brandow, pilot,
Sgt Cecil William Cockaday, navigator,
F/Sgt Howard Cephus Sleep, navigator,
Sgt Leonard Gordon Jones, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Miller Greer, air gunner.
