Date & Time:
Feb 7, 1943 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK434
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hixon - Hixon
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a night training exercise out from RAF Hixon. On final approach, the airplane crashed 2 km short of runway and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Driscoll Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Henry Austin, navigator,
Sgt John McGinnes, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Joseph Kenny, wireless operator,
Sgt Deryck Charles Rowse, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Driscoll Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Henry Austin, navigator,
Sgt John McGinnes, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Joseph Kenny, wireless operator,
Sgt Deryck Charles Rowse, air gunner.
