Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Barrien: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0359 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8523
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Barrien
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0025LT on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Barrien, some 15 km south of Bremen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hubert Richard Feast, pilot,
Sgt Frank Logan, observer,
Sgt William Arthur Thompson, navigator,
Sgt John Bishop, wireless operator,
F/Sgt George Henry Waters, air gunner.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Barrien: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0346 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9166
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Barrien
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 0037LT on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Barrien, some 15 km south of Bremen. Six crew members were killed and the navigator became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Joseph Cartmell, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Dicks, flight engineer, †
F/O Philip Fussey, navigator,
P/O Harry Edward Orr, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Joseph George Spouler, wireless operator, †
Sgt Roy Frederick Reynolds, air gunner, †
Sgt Stanley Watson, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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