Date & Time: Apr 4, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Operator:
Registration:
AE957
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Methwold - Methwold
MSN:
4300
YOM:
1942
Location:
The Hague
South Holland
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 1800LT on an operation to the docks at Rotterdam. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the North Sea off The Hague. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (487th Squadron):
F/Sgt Robert Steedman, pilot,
F/Sgt Stafford Thomas O'Connor,
F/Sgt John Andrew Williamson,
F/Sgt Sylvan Ellwood Weaver.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.