Date & Time:
Sep 22, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
AL685
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1050LT to bomb a power station located in Chocques, Pas-de-Calais. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
F/Sgt Marcel Auguste Henri Demont, pilot,
P/O Robert William Andrew, observer,
Sgt William Elwyn Ronald Wareham, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Marcel Auguste Henri Demont, pilot,
P/O Robert William Andrew, observer,
Sgt William Elwyn Ronald Wareham, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
