Date & Time:
May 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
BB456
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed its base on an operation to Meiktila. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by antiaircraft fire and crashed. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Albert Guest, pilot,
F/Sgt James Watson Wilmore, pilot,
W/O Christopher Lynton Edwards, navigator,
W/O Jack Bernard Whyte, wireless operator,
W/O Arthur Barnes, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Cross, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt John Albert Guest, pilot,
F/Sgt James Watson Wilmore, pilot,
W/O Christopher Lynton Edwards, navigator,
W/O Jack Bernard Whyte, wireless operator,
W/O Arthur Barnes, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Cross, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by antiaircraft fire.
