Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II into the North Sea: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 15, 1941
Registration:
W5496
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2203LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt John Frederick Blair Dawson,
P/O George Howard Fleming,
Sgt Arthur Bennet Lesley,
Sgt John Patrick Molloy,
Sgt Edwin Stansfield,
Sgt Joshua Ernest Stott.
Crew:
Sgt John Frederick Blair Dawson,
P/O George Howard Fleming,
Sgt Arthur Bennet Lesley,
Sgt John Patrick Molloy,
Sgt Edwin Stansfield,
Sgt Joshua Ernest Stott.