Date & Time:
Jul 24, 1942 at 0053 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ673
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 0050LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some three km north of Ameland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Henry Davies, pilot,
P/O Thomas Whiteside Kenyon, observer,
F/Sgt Douglas James Popple, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Donald Peters, air gunner,
Sgt Sidney Frederick Ogeley Blackmore, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Henry Davies, pilot,
P/O Thomas Whiteside Kenyon, observer,
F/Sgt Douglas James Popple, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Donald Peters, air gunner,
Sgt Sidney Frederick Ogeley Blackmore, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
