Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Bergeijk: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1943 at 0130 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HZ520
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2336LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Berjeijk. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Alexander Eames, pilot,
F/O Eric Francis Lapham, navigator,
F/Sgt Hugh Victor Holmes, bomb aimer, †
Sgt William Henry Wright, wireless operator,
F/O Douglas Stewart Milne, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Alexander Eames, pilot,
F/O Eric Francis Lapham, navigator,
F/Sgt Hugh Victor Holmes, bomb aimer, †
Sgt William Henry Wright, wireless operator,
F/O Douglas Stewart Milne, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
