Date & Time:
Jan 21, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ966
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 1710LT to lay mines in the Nectarines region. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea, possibly north of the Dutch coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Steve John Gergley, pilot,
W/O Charles William Hollingshead,
F/O Ewald George Kendel,
Sgt Alvin Gustav Olsen,
F/Sgt Ronald Hanson Welsh,
Sgt Clifford Alexander Dunphy, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Steve John Gergley, pilot,
W/O Charles William Hollingshead,
F/O Ewald George Kendel,
Sgt Alvin Gustav Olsen,
F/Sgt Ronald Hanson Welsh,
Sgt Clifford Alexander Dunphy, air gunner.
