Date & Time:
Jun 30, 1942 at 0308 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3539
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on the evening of June 29 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Walter Jack Monk, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Haig Randle, observer,
Sgt John Gordon George Hegan, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Francis Sydney Moncrief, air gunner,
Sgt Murdoch Gordon McGregor, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Walter Jack Monk, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Haig Randle, observer,
Sgt John Gordon George Hegan, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Francis Sydney Moncrief, air gunner,
Sgt Murdoch Gordon McGregor, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
