Date & Time: Nov 8, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3422
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Ligurian Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 Warboys at 1807LT on November 7 on an operation to Genoa. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Ligurian Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew.
P/O David Graham Chell, pilot,
Sgt George Alfred Carter,
Sgt William Robert Downing,
Sgt Arthur Ernest Roberts,
Sgt James Timothy Sullivan.