Date & Time:
May 31, 1943
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
FL198
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Foulsham - Foulsham
MSN:
82-5389
YOM:
1941
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Foulsham at 1630LT to bomb shipping facilities in Vlissingen. It was hit by the German Flak and later ditched off the East Anglia coast, between Clacton-on-Sea and Felixstowe. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt A. L. H. Dobbie, pilot,
F/Sgt L. B. Whiteside, observer,
F/Sgt Alan William Wood, wireless operator, †
Sgt E. Walters, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt A. L. H. Dobbie, pilot,
F/Sgt L. B. Whiteside, observer,
F/Sgt Alan William Wood, wireless operator, †
Sgt E. Walters, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Hit by the German Flak and later ditched into the sea.
