Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Neuss: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1208
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Neuss
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2306LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While flying west of D!sseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Neuss. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Noel Alexander Lowden, pilot,
P/O Walter Ewart Gregory, observer,
Sgt Frederick William Thornton, wireless operator,
F/Lt Peter Thorne Chandler, wireless operator,
Sgt Lawrence William Mallon, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Neuss: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8979
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Neuss
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of April 1st on an operation to Hanau. At night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Neuss, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Ronald William Stanley Hayes, pilot,
F/Sgt Norman George Hickey, pilot,
Sgt George William Jackson, observer,
Sgt Irvine Leonard Eagleton, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Ralph Kitney, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt John Nash, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Neuss: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2973
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Neuss
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2331LT on July 8 on an operation to Münster. Approaching Düsseldorf, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Neuss, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt John Arthur Grady, pilot,
Sgt Bernard George Pitt, pilot,
Sgt Henry Thomas Barrett, observer,
Sgt Marvin Edson Burtis, wireless operator,
Sgt Fred Gilby, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Ray Rawlings, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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