Date & Time:
Oct 13, 1942 at 2240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
DF664
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Country:
Germany
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 Croft at 1828LT on an operation to Kiel. Passing the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Oxstedt, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Arthur Wakeman, pilot,
Sgt Rex Victor Hall, navigator,
F/O Clarence Edgar Bell, observer,
F/Sgt Everett Stevenson Green, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Fletcher Streeting, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Arthur Wakeman, pilot,
Sgt Rex Victor Hall, navigator,
F/O Clarence Edgar Bell, observer,
F/Sgt Everett Stevenson Green, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Joseph Fletcher Streeting, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
