Date & Time:
Jan 21, 1943 at 1825 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE410
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1640LT on a mine laying operation in the Nectarines region. It was hit by the German Flak in the starboard wing, which effected the performance of the engine. Strayed from track and flying at low level, the airplane clipped a telegraph pole near Mantgum and finally crashed north of Wirdum. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt G. Emerson, pilot,
Sgt W. R. Fisher, copilot, †
F/Sgt G. G. Whitla, observer,
Sgt R. G. Prior, bomb aimer,
Sgt W. D. D. Watts, wireless operator,
Sgt H. Hughes, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt G. Emerson, pilot,
Sgt W. R. Fisher, copilot, †
F/Sgt G. G. Whitla, observer,
Sgt R. G. Prior, bomb aimer,
Sgt W. D. D. Watts, wireless operator,
Sgt H. Hughes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
