Date & Time:
Feb 25, 1943 at 0040 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE369
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Country:
United Kingdom
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 Topcliffe at 1820LT on February 24 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. The following night, while returning to base, it crashed on landing and was destroyed by a post crash fire. Three crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Banks, pilot, †
P/O Robert Stephen Borden Worley, bomb aimer, †
Sgt J. Harrison,
Sgt Alfred Albert Wiles, wireless operator, †
Sgt W. A. Sparrow,
Sgt F. W. N. Trowbridge, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Banks, pilot, †
P/O Robert Stephen Borden Worley, bomb aimer, †
Sgt J. Harrison,
Sgt Alfred Albert Wiles, wireless operator, †
Sgt W. A. Sparrow,
Sgt F. W. N. Trowbridge, air gunner.
