Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Averbode: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 4, 1943 at 0048 LT
Operator:
Registration:
LN296
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2256LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Averbode, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Reginald Herbert Brinton, pilot,
F/Sgt John Philpott Bishop, navigator,
F/Sgt Peter Geoffrey Rothera, bomb aimer,
F/Lt Fred Albert Reynolds, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Eric Charles Blackman, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Reginald Herbert Brinton, pilot,
F/Sgt John Philpott Bishop, navigator,
F/Sgt Peter Geoffrey Rothera, bomb aimer,
F/Lt Fred Albert Reynolds, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Eric Charles Blackman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
