Date & Time:
Jun 28, 1942 at 0159 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
Z1610
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2325LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Woudenberg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Nightingale, pilot,
Sgt George Boyd Gane, pilot,
F/Sgt Douglas Cranswick, observer,
Sgt Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Ernest Clarke, air gunner,
F/Sgt Milton Argue Fawcett, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Nightingale, pilot,
Sgt George Boyd Gane, pilot,
F/Sgt Douglas Cranswick, observer,
Sgt Louis Augustin Marie Cauchy, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Ernest Clarke, air gunner,
F/Sgt Milton Argue Fawcett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
