Date & Time:
Apr 17, 1943 at 0020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE682
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
Luxembourg
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2114LT on April 16 on an operation to Mannheim. Over Luxembourg, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Froidlieu. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lawrence Melville Horahan, pilot, †
F/Sgt James Earl Isaacs, navigator, †
F/Sgt Lester Kenneth Plank, navigator, †
Sgt Horace Stanley Pullen Radford, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Thomas Peter Allan, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lawrence Melville Horahan, pilot, †
F/Sgt James Earl Isaacs, navigator, †
F/Sgt Lester Kenneth Plank, navigator, †
Sgt Horace Stanley Pullen Radford, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Thomas Peter Allan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
