Date & Time:
Jun 26, 1943 at 0111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HF544
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 2349LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Urk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Andrew Basil Reginald Airy, pilot,
F/O William Eric Riley, navigator,
Sgt George Charles Green, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Martin Atkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt George Ronald Johnson, air gunner.
Crew:
W/O Andrew Basil Reginald Airy, pilot,
F/O William Eric Riley, navigator,
Sgt George Charles Green, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Martin Atkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt George Ronald Johnson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
