Date & Time:
May 3, 1943 at 1753 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Operator:
Registration:
AE713
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Methwold - Methwold
MSN:
4056
YOM:
1942
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Methwold at 1643LT on operation Ramrod 16 consisting to attack an electricity power station located on the northern outskirts of Amsterdam. Over the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oostzaan, north of Amsterdam. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Bailey Peryman, pilot,
F/O Edward Trevor Williams, navigator,
Sgt George Henry Southam, wireless operator,
Sgt John Edward Addison, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Bailey Peryman, pilot,
F/O Edward Trevor Williams, navigator,
Sgt George Henry Southam, wireless operator,
Sgt John Edward Addison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
