Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in Buurse: 5 killed
Date & Time:
May 24, 1943 at 0108 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HE290
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Kirmington - Kirmington
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Kirmington in the evening of May 23 on a bombing mission over Dortmund. While cruising at an altitude of 5,000 metres over The Netherlands by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in flames in a field located in Buurse, south of Enschede. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (166th Squadron):
Sgt J. R. Stewart 4.
Crew (166th Squadron):
Sgt J. R. Stewart 4.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
