Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Wahlenau
Date & Time:
Aug 29, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
BJ619
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2100LT on August 28 on an operation to Nuremberg. It crash landed for unknown reasons in Wahlenau the following night and was damaged beyond repair. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Ernest Brooks,
Sgt Ernest Edward Corley,
P/O Richard Maxwell Sparrow,
Sgt David Lane Thomas,
Sgt James Joseph White.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Ernest Brooks,
Sgt Ernest Edward Corley,
P/O Richard Maxwell Sparrow,
Sgt David Lane Thomas,
Sgt James Joseph White.
