Date & Time:
Jun 28, 1942 at 0129 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
Z1619
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
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 Alconbury at 2313LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching Cloppenburg, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Westrum, about 85 km southwest of Bremen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Thomas Owen, pilot,
Sgt George Towns, observer,
P/O William Henderson, wireless operator,
P/O John Elwyn Jones, air gunner,
P/O Hector William Cuthbert Watts, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Thomas Owen, pilot,
Sgt George Towns, observer,
P/O William Henderson, wireless operator,
P/O John Elwyn Jones, air gunner,
P/O Hector William Cuthbert Watts, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
