Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into the North Sea: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 1, 1940
Registration:
P9288
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 0100LT on a bombing mission over Nieuwpoort. It crashed in unknown circumstances, probably into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
F/O Robert Colin Simmons,
Sgt John McLean,
Sgt Edward Alan Downham,
Sgt Dallas Atack,
Sgt James Bridge.
Crew:
F/O Robert Colin Simmons,
Sgt John McLean,
Sgt Edward Alan Downham,
Sgt Dallas Atack,
Sgt James Bridge.