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Namur

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Sart-Saint-Laurent: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1942 at 0307 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3745
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Sart-Saint-Laurent
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2040LT on September 8 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area near Sart-Saint-Laurent. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Glaves, pilot,
Sgt Edward Isaac Sofaer, navigator,
Sgt William Moylan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frank Raymond Thomas, air gunner,
Sgt Albert George Tillett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Sart-Saint-Laurent

Date & Time: May 5, 1942 at 2322 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8599
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Location:
Sart-Saint-Laurent
Namur
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2214LT on an operation to Stuttgart. Passing over Belgium at night, it was shot down by a German fighter. The pilot reduced his altitude and the airplane crash landed in Sart-Saint-Laurent. All six crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
F/O Stanislaw Krawczyk, pilot,
Sgt Wacław Czekalski, pilot,
F/O Alojzy Szkuta, observer,
Sgt Edward Mikołaj Siądecki, wireless operator,
P/O Kazimierz Rowicki, air gunner,
Sgt Ludwig Czarnecki, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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