Date & Time:
Nov 9, 1942 at 2006 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
Z1679
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
Germany
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 Middleton Saint George at 1753LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching Sylt Island, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Walter Stanley Beale, pilot,
W/O Cornelius Collard, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Duncan McDonald,
F/Sgt Armand Joseph Marcel Smith,
F/Sgt Charles Solomon Snider.
Crew:
F/Sgt Walter Stanley Beale, pilot,
W/O Cornelius Collard, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Duncan McDonald,
F/Sgt Armand Joseph Marcel Smith,
F/Sgt Charles Solomon Snider.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.
