Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Oostduinkerke: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 11, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
BJ987
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Finningley at 2022LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Oostduinkerke. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Edgar Bertram, pilot,
F/Sgt Cleveland John Eggleton, navigator,
P/O John Robert Agar, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frank John Gallagher,
F/Sgt Richard Melvin George.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Edgar Bertram, pilot,
F/Sgt Cleveland John Eggleton, navigator,
P/O John Robert Agar, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frank John Gallagher,
F/Sgt Richard Melvin George.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
