Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Neerkant: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1943 at 0138 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HE924
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 2341LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Neerkant, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur Burgess, pilot,
P/O George Roland Wright, navigator,
P/O James Karl Somers, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Francis Payne, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Jeffs, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur Burgess, pilot,
P/O George Roland Wright, navigator,
P/O James Karl Somers, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Francis Payne, bomb aimer,
Sgt Eric Jeffs, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
