Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Talge: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R3292
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Talge
Lower Saxony
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 Marham at 1937LT on September 30 to bomb marshalling yards in the area of Osnabrück. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in a field near Talge. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Neville William Gordon Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Wessels, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Douglas Cameron,
Sgt James George Campbell MacNair,
Sgt Alan Jervis Pennington,
Sgt Harold William Pritchard.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Talge: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2549
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Talge
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1938LT on September 30 on an operation to Osnabrück. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Talge. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard George Goldie, pilot, †
Sgt Colin Dowsett, †
Sgt R. P. Mogg,
P/O A. J. J. Steel,
Sgt James Le Blond Robert Walter, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Eric Westwood, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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