Date & Time:
Jun 24, 1943
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
FL216
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Portreath - Portreath
MSN:
82-5438
YOM:
1941
Country:
France
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 Portreath at 1549LT to attack the airport of Brest-Guipavas. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed 2 km north of the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Joseph Philip Toeg, pilot,
F/Sgt Eric Leslie Reed, observer,
F/Sgt Tom Ellis, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Glover, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Joseph Philip Toeg, pilot,
F/Sgt Eric Leslie Reed, observer,
F/Sgt Tom Ellis, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Glover, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
