Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the North Sea: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 21, 1941
Registration:
Z1210
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1822LT on October 20 on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Edwards Parker, pilot,
Sgt James Forrest,
F/Sgt John Frederick Gauley, observer,
F/Sgt Edwin Leslie Phillips,
Sgt Leonard Walter Shearing, wireless operator,
Sgt Bryan Robert Thomas, wireless operator.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Edwards Parker, pilot,
Sgt James Forrest,
F/Sgt John Frederick Gauley, observer,
F/Sgt Edwin Leslie Phillips,
Sgt Leonard Walter Shearing, wireless operator,
Sgt Bryan Robert Thomas, wireless operator.