Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Newhaven: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 10, 1943 at 0555 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DF611
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Seighford - Seighford
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Seighford at 0450LT on a training exercise. One hour into the flight, a loss of power on one or more engine forced the captain to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft landed in a prairie in Newhaven but after touchdown, the aircraft hit successively a hedge and a wall before coming to rest in flames. Three crew members were killed while two others were seriously injured.
Crew (30th OTU):
Sgt Ronald Albert Jones, pilot,
Sgt John Scott Spencer, navigator,
Sgt Gilbert Kenneth Parsons, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt J. Douglas, air gunner,
F/Sgt R. J. Perrin, wireless operator.
Crew (30th OTU):
Sgt Ronald Albert Jones, pilot,
Sgt John Scott Spencer, navigator,
Sgt Gilbert Kenneth Parsons, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt J. Douglas, air gunner,
F/Sgt R. J. Perrin, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Loss of power on one or more engine.
