Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Neugraben: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 29, 1942 at 0120 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X3475
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 2241LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed north of Neugraben, west of Hamburg. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Doran Mullins, pilot,
P/O George Albert Cooper, pilot,
P/O Maurice Walter Groves, observer,
P/O Robert Oswald Cordall, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Edward James Henry Gurr, air gunner,
Sgt John Cyril Highfield, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O James Doran Mullins, pilot,
P/O George Albert Cooper, pilot,
P/O Maurice Walter Groves, observer,
P/O Robert Oswald Cordall, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Edward James Henry Gurr, air gunner,
Sgt John Cyril Highfield, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
