Date & Time:
Dec 6, 1942 at 1239 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Operator:
Registration:
AE902
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
MSN:
4245
YOM:
1942
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1123LT on an operation to Eindhoven. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field in Woensel, north of Eindhoven. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (487th Squadron):
F/Sgt John Llewellyn Greening, pilot,
Sgt Eric Charles Mowforth, observer,
Sgt David Harold Harries, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Hadyn Thomas, air gunner.
Crew (487th Squadron):
F/Sgt John Llewellyn Greening, pilot,
Sgt Eric Charles Mowforth, observer,
Sgt David Harold Harries, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Hadyn Thomas, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
