Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Hamme-Mille: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 25, 1943 at 0258 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HZ521
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 2306LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hamme-Mille, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Leo Frederick O'Leary, pilot,
F/Sgt Edward Burgess Peart, navigator,
F/Sgt Charles William Keay, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Matthew Meech, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harold Stanley Hicks, air gunner.
Crew:
W/O Leo Frederick O'Leary, pilot,
F/Sgt Edward Burgess Peart, navigator,
F/Sgt Charles William Keay, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Matthew Meech, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harold Stanley Hicks, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
