Date & Time:
May 26, 1943 at 0124 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE990
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Burn - Burn
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Burn at 2345LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oostrum, east of Venray. Three crew members were killed and two became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Turnbull Barclay, pilot,
F/O Albert Carey Bonner, navigator, †
Sgt Michael Charles Jefferies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Dix,
Sgt Harold Sweet, air gunner. †
Crew:
Sgt Robert Turnbull Barclay, pilot,
F/O Albert Carey Bonner, navigator, †
Sgt Michael Charles Jefferies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Dix,
Sgt Harold Sweet, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
