Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Ohlendorf: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 9, 1942 at 0104 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z8511
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2205LT on April 8 on an operation to Hamburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Ohlendorf, south of Hamburg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Henry Wisher, pilot,
F/O Harold Leslie Croydon, navigator,
Sgt Roy Staley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James William Cornthwaite, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Clement Bratt, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt John Henry Wisher, pilot,
F/O Harold Leslie Croydon, navigator,
Sgt Roy Staley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James William Cornthwaite, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Clement Bratt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
