Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Wargnies-le-Grand: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 25, 1942 at 0254 LT
Operator:
Registration:
BJ725
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of October 24 on an operation to Milan. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wargnies-le-Grand, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt James Allison McConnell, pilot,
Sgt Selwyn Clarence Smith, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Quinn, air bomber,
Sgt Douglas Noel Tonkin, wireless operator,
Sgt Vallance Albert Oliver Dimock, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt James Allison McConnell, pilot,
Sgt Selwyn Clarence Smith, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Quinn, air bomber,
Sgt Douglas Noel Tonkin, wireless operator,
Sgt Vallance Albert Oliver Dimock, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
