Date & Time:
Sep 9, 1942 at 0307 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3745
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Country:
Belgium
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 Snaith at 2040LT on September 8 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area near Sart-Saint-Laurent. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Glaves, pilot,
Sgt Edward Isaac Sofaer, navigator,
Sgt William Moylan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frank Raymond Thomas, air gunner,
Sgt Albert George Tillett, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt John Glaves, pilot,
Sgt Edward Isaac Sofaer, navigator,
Sgt William Moylan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frank Raymond Thomas, air gunner,
Sgt Albert George Tillett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
