Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ602
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 Topcliffe at 2340LT on September 4 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and probably crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch province of Friesland. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Arthur Kertson,
P/O Claude Reginald Frederick Morris,
F/Sgt Warren Henry Ridder,
F/Sgt Andrew Crawford Stark Robertson,
Sgt James Arthur Royle.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.