Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Penquer: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 13, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
BK330
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 1819LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it crashed for unknown reasons in Penquer, northeast of Morlaix. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Leo Garth Gibson, pilot,
F/O Frederick Russell Chapman, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Vesteinn Hughes, radio operator,
Sgt Bernard Welby Somerford, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Donald Andrew McDonald, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Leo Garth Gibson, pilot,
F/O Frederick Russell Chapman, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Vesteinn Hughes, radio operator,
Sgt Bernard Welby Somerford, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Donald Andrew McDonald, air gunner.
