Date & Time:
Apr 15, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE166
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Tangmere - Leconfield
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Following a bombing mission over Stuttgart, the crew returned to England and made a stop at RAF Tangmere before continuing to base at RAF Leconfield. Shortly after takeoff from RAF Tangmere, while climbing, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed 5 km west of the airbase. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Russel Verian Rosser, pilot,
Sgt John Reginald Gallimore Calvert, navigator,
Sgt Philip Joseph Conwell, navigator,
Sgt Denis Charles Grocock, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Wilcock, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Russel Verian Rosser, pilot,
Sgt John Reginald Gallimore Calvert, navigator,
Sgt Philip Joseph Conwell, navigator,
Sgt Denis Charles Grocock, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Wilcock, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.
