Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III off Nakskov: 1 killed
Date & Time:
May 16, 1942 at 0221 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z1615
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2304LT on a Gerdening operation. While passing over the area of Nakskov at a height of about 60 metres, the airplane was shot down by ground fire and ditched into the sea off Nakskov. The air gunner was killed while four other occupants were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Richards, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Bell,
Sgt Percy Gaum,
P/O John Simpson,
Sgt Albert Gruchy, air gunner. †
Crew:
Sgt Stanley Richards, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Bell,
Sgt Percy Gaum,
P/O John Simpson,
Sgt Albert Gruchy, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by ground fire.
