Date & Time:
Jul 4, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HF595
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
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 Kirmington at 2313LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. The exact location of the mishap remains unknown but it is believed that the bomber was shot down by a German fighter while over the target area, killing the entire crew. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Arthur Alan Cookson, pilot,
F/Sgt James Crichton Clark, navigator,
F/Sgt William Scarlett, bomb aimer,
P/O Ronald Stanley Rich, wireless operator,
W/O William Harold Pym, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L Arthur Alan Cookson, pilot,
F/Sgt James Crichton Clark, navigator,
F/Sgt William Scarlett, bomb aimer,
P/O Ronald Stanley Rich, wireless operator,
W/O William Harold Pym, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
