Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Marly-le-Roi: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 2, 1942 at 0400 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z8527
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pockliugton at 0107LT on an operation against the Ford Motor factory located in Poissy. Approaching the target area, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Marly-le-Roi. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Martin Charles Howe, pilot, †
F/Sgt Moheddeen Abdul Ghias Howsan, pilot, †
P/O Laurel Glenwood Burgoyne, observer,
F/Sgt Raoul Omer Joseph Page, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt William Charles Ashun, wireless operator and air gunner, †
P/O James George Mackinnon, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Sgt Martin Charles Howe, pilot, †
F/Sgt Moheddeen Abdul Ghias Howsan, pilot, †
P/O Laurel Glenwood Burgoyne, observer,
F/Sgt Raoul Omer Joseph Page, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt William Charles Ashun, wireless operator and air gunner, †
P/O James George Mackinnon, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
