Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Colombes: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1388
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Colombes
Hauts-de-Seine
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2343LT on May 29 on an operation to Gennevilliers. Approaching Paris, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Colombes. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Harrison Bourke, pilot,
F/O William Martin Murphy, observer,
F/Sgt Richard Paterson Davis, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Bernard George Payn Lovelock Balleine, air gunner,
Sgt Ian Grantley Holborow, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Colombes: 8 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7535
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Colombes
Hauts-de-Seine
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 0010LT on an operation to Gennevilliers. Approaching Paris, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Colombes, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur Wyn Idwal Jones, pilot,
Sgt John Kneeshaw, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Armstrong, flight engineer,
Sgt Frederick Herbert Slatford, observer,
Sgt Ronald John Craig Young, observer,
Sgt Thomas Edward Murray, wireless operator,
P/O Stanley Brown, air gunner,
Sgt John William Davis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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