Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Holbøl: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 29, 1942 at 0156 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3716
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2307LT on April 28 on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Holbøl, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Raymond Silver, pilot,
Sgt George Kellock Sampson, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Keith Ayres, observer,
Sgt Kenneth William Stevens, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Richard Harrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred William Mount, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Raymond Silver, pilot,
Sgt George Kellock Sampson, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Keith Ayres, observer,
Sgt Kenneth William Stevens, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Richard Harrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred William Mount, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
