Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Moerbeke: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 28, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
DF673
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall on an operation to Nuremberg. In the late evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances northeast of Moerbeke and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Henry Vickers, pilot,
F/Sgt Sydney Bernard Thomas Davis, pilot,
F/Sgt Horace David Baittle, observer,
F/Sgt Daniel Archibald McKay, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lawrence Donald Hiltz, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Charles Henry Vickers, pilot,
F/Sgt Sydney Bernard Thomas Davis, pilot,
F/Sgt Horace David Baittle, observer,
F/Sgt Daniel Archibald McKay, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lawrence Donald Hiltz, air gunner.
