Date & Time:
Apr 8, 1943 at 2315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
MS479
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
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 2115LT on an operation to Duisburg. Approaching Essen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Borbeck, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O William Alexander Walkinshaw, pilot,
W/O David Finlay Evans, observer,
P/O Kenneth Watson MacDonald, navigator,
W/O Frederick Bemi, wireless operator,
W/O Ronald George Rispin, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O William Alexander Walkinshaw, pilot,
W/O David Finlay Evans, observer,
P/O Kenneth Watson MacDonald, navigator,
W/O Frederick Bemi, wireless operator,
W/O Ronald George Rispin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
