Date & Time: Nov 6, 1942 at 1435 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
Operator:
Registration:
AE848
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Methwold - Methwold
MSN:
4291
YOM:
1942
Location:
Bergen aan Zee
North Holland
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 Methwold at 1355LT on an operation to Den Helder. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Bergen aan Zee. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Leslie George Oliver Smith, pilot,
F/O Allan Ernest Kench Perry, observer,
F/Sgt Norman Alexander Gardner, wireless operator,
F/O Robert Walter Neill, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.