Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Soarremoarre: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 8, 1941 at 0121 LT
Operator:
Registration:
X9976
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of November 7 on an operation to Berlin. The following night, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in a field in Soarremoarre. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John William Black, pilot,
Sgt Trevor Hedley Gray, pilot,
P/O Eric Lloyd, observer,
F/Sgt Leslie Cyril Green, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Dennis Thompson, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Thomas Black, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt John William Black, pilot,
Sgt Trevor Hedley Gray, pilot,
P/O Eric Lloyd, observer,
F/Sgt Leslie Cyril Green, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Dennis Thompson, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Thomas Black, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
