Date & Time:
Apr 27, 1943 at 0336 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE737
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 0037LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Bergen. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L James Campbell Cairns, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Eric Rabbitt, pilot, †
F/O Raymond Henry Larkins, navigator, †
F/Lt Charles Mohamed Slyman Awad, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Robert Turnbull Lang, air gunner,
F/O Sydney Melbourne Nevanas Pozer, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L James Campbell Cairns, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Eric Rabbitt, pilot, †
F/O Raymond Henry Larkins, navigator, †
F/Lt Charles Mohamed Slyman Awad, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Robert Turnbull Lang, air gunner,
F/O Sydney Melbourne Nevanas Pozer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
