Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II off Brest: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 7, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
W5523
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 1708LT on an operation to Brest. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Brest. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Bertram Hamilton Driver,
Sgt Eric Hill,
P/O Peter Collin Voller,
Sgt Jack Wild,
F/Sgt Wilbert George Yorke,
Sgt Joseph Walter Young.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Bertram Hamilton Driver,
Sgt Eric Hill,
P/O Peter Collin Voller,
Sgt Jack Wild,
F/Sgt Wilbert George Yorke,
Sgt Joseph Walter Young.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
