Crash of a Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Welle: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 15, 1941 at 2329 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6957
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
MSN:
2249
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1905LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Welle. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Thomas Evans, wireless operator, †
Sgt Vincent Flynne, wireless operator, †
P/O James Ivor Davies,
Sgt John Hugh Davis,
Sgt James Edgar Gowland.
Crew:
Sgt John Thomas Evans, wireless operator, †
Sgt Vincent Flynne, wireless operator, †
P/O James Ivor Davies,
Sgt John Hugh Davis,
Sgt James Edgar Gowland.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
