Date & Time: May 24, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK489
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lichfield - Lichfield
Location:
The Channel
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 Lichfield on a Operation Nickel to Paris. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Wilson Astle, pilot,
Sgt Charles Arthur Warnes,
Sgt Charles Frederick Wells,
Sgt William Antcliffe,
Sgt Allen Drury, air gunner.