Date & Time:
Feb 5, 1943 at 0645 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
HF673
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Portreath - Gibraltar
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 airplane departed RAF Portreath on a flight to Gibraltar, first intermediate stop on a flight to India. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, it caught fire and crashed into the sea 6,4 km west of the airbase. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Amar Chandra De, pilot,
Sgt Roy McKenzie,
F/O Herbert L. Martin,
Sgt George Scott,
Sgt Ernest H. J. Grove.
Crew:
Sgt Amar Chandra De, pilot,
Sgt Roy McKenzie,
F/O Herbert L. Martin,
Sgt George Scott,
Sgt Ernest H. J. Grove.
