Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Stonegrave
Date & Time:
Apr 27, 1943 at 0550 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HE867
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 0046LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was badly shot about by a German fighter while in the vicinity of Wesel and after regaining the Yorkshire coast, it was abandoned near Stonegrave. All six crew members parachuted to safety, among them two were injured.
Crew:
W/Cdr Leslie Crooks, pilot,
Sgt J. A. Thompson, observer,
P/O Donald Wallace Simpson, navigator,
P/O Lawrence H. Power, bomb aimer,
F/Lt Francis Peter Marsh, wireless operator,
Sgt G. F. How, air gunner.
Crew:
W/Cdr Leslie Crooks, pilot,
Sgt J. A. Thompson, observer,
P/O Donald Wallace Simpson, navigator,
P/O Lawrence H. Power, bomb aimer,
F/Lt Francis Peter Marsh, wireless operator,
Sgt G. F. How, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Badly shot about by a German fighter.
