Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Glabbeek

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1471
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Glabbeek
Flemish Brabant
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2247LT on August 5 on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Glabbeek. All six crew members were injured, some seriously, and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Arthur Boutle,
Sgt Richard Hanmer Hilton-Jones,
Sgt Edward Frank Lambert,
Sgt Alexander Scott Lawson,
F/Lt Frederick Lome Litchfield,
Sgt James Ian Bradley Walker.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Glabbeek: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9516
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton St George - Middleton St George
Location:
Glabbeek
Flemish Brabant
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George in the evening of August 5 on an operation to Karlsruhe. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Glabbeek. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Barker Leigh, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Brown, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Augustine Byrne,
Sgt John Henry Pitt,
Sgt George William Scardifield Taylor,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Thomson,
Sgt Cyril Bruce Flockhart.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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