Date & Time:
Jan 21, 1943 at 1836 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK432
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Country:
Netherlands
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 East Moor at 1656LT to lay mines in the Nectarines region. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the Waddenzee off Roptazijl. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Ian Sinclair Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Charles Risingham, navigator,
P/O Ian Nicoll Stirton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred George Dymick, wireless operator,
Sgt John Stuart, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Ian Sinclair Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Charles Risingham, navigator,
P/O Ian Nicoll Stirton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred George Dymick, wireless operator,
Sgt John Stuart, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.
