Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Birchen Bank Moss: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 30, 1943 at 0145 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R1011
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wymeswold - Wymeswold
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Wymeswold, Leicestershire, at 1919LT on January 29. While cruising in poor visibility due to night and marginal weather conditions, the aircraft crashed in a pasture located in Birchen Bank Moss. Three crew members were killed while two others were injured.
Crew (28th OTU):
F/O Anthony Winter Lane, pilot,
P/O Charles Douglas Brown, bomb aimer,
P/O Charles Leslie Grisdale, navigator,
Sgt Raymond Gerard Rouse, air gunner,
Sgt Miller, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew (28th OTU):
F/O Anthony Winter Lane, pilot,
P/O Charles Douglas Brown, bomb aimer,
P/O Charles Leslie Grisdale, navigator,
Sgt Raymond Gerard Rouse, air gunner,
Sgt Miller, wireless operator and air gunner.
