Date & Time:
Nov 9, 1942 at 2355 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BJ764
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1733LT on an operation to Hamburg. Over Germany, it was badly shot about by the German Flak and the crew decided to return to base. Two crew members bailed out over Germany and became PoW. The crew eventually diverted to RAF Swanton Morley where the airplane crashed on a night approach and was destroyed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Raymond Rogers Foltz, pilot, †
F/O George Stevenson Cartwright, observer, †
F/Sgt Roy Norman Victor Burke, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Joseph Eugene Raymond Laporte, air gunner, †
Sgt Joseph Albert Delorme,
Sgt Joseph Raoul Armand Pambrum,
Crew:
F/Sgt Raymond Rogers Foltz, pilot, †
F/O George Stevenson Cartwright, observer, †
F/Sgt Roy Norman Victor Burke, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Joseph Eugene Raymond Laporte, air gunner, †
Sgt Joseph Albert Delorme,
Sgt Joseph Raoul Armand Pambrum,
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
