Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Airon-Saint-Vaast: 5 killed
Date & Time:
May 29, 1940 at 2300 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N1432
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1586
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2027LT on a bombing mission over Hirson. It was seen to crash with an engine on fire in Airon-Saint-Vaast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard John Brooks, pilot,
F/O Trevor James Geach, pilot,
Sgt Charles Herbert Butler, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Charles Chatfield, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Arthur Fryer, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard John Brooks, pilot,
F/O Trevor James Geach, pilot,
Sgt Charles Herbert Butler, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Charles Chatfield, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Arthur Fryer, air gunner.
