Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Kleinenbroich: 4 killed
Date & Time:
May 14, 1943 at 0238 LT
Operator:
Registration:
LN439
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2347LT on May 13 on an operation to Bochum. Passing Mönchengladbach, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kleinenbroich, 16 km west of Düsseldorf. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank Richard Windibank, pilot, †
F/Sgt William John Reid, navigator, †
Sgt Albert Earl Atkinson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Norman Russell McKinley,
F/Sgt Donald Ivor Havard, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank Richard Windibank, pilot, †
F/Sgt William John Reid, navigator, †
Sgt Albert Earl Atkinson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Norman Russell McKinley,
F/Sgt Donald Ivor Havard, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
