Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE631
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Location:
Bay of Biscay
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 Kirmington to lay mines in the French coastal waters. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Henry Radbourne, pilot,
Sgt Eric William Aldridge,
Sgt Wallace Carter,
Sgt Jack Stock,
Sgt Thomas Henry Luscombe, air gunner.