Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Oberlohberg: 5 killed
Date & Time:
May 31, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
Z8376
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2340LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Flying northwest of Oberhausen, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oberlohberg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Alan Albert Waddell, pilot,
F/Sgt Arnold Adolf Seifert, observer,
Sgt Herbert Bottomley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Edward Savage Masson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert George Kenyon Holden, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Alan Albert Waddell, pilot,
F/Sgt Arnold Adolf Seifert, observer,
Sgt Herbert Bottomley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Edward Savage Masson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert George Kenyon Holden, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
