Date & Time:
Jan 15, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK364
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Country:
France
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 Croft at 1702LT on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the sea off Lorient. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Mark Arthur Lotherington Williams, pilot,
P/O Edgar Richard Charlesworth, navigator,
P/O Alfred Raymond Eckton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Duncan Munro, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Henry Pates, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L Mark Arthur Lotherington Williams, pilot,
P/O Edgar Richard Charlesworth, navigator,
P/O Alfred Raymond Eckton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry Duncan Munro, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Henry Pates, air gunner.
