Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Weseke: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 21, 1940 at 0233 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R3165
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on a bombing mission over Gelsenkirchen. While cruising over German at night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in a field in Weseke. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Samuel Miles Mackenzie Watson, pilot,
P/O Edward Colin Joseph Cameron, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Murray Cumming, observer,
F/Sgt Ronald Alexander John Anderson,
Sgt John Lewis Owen,.
Crew:
F/O Samuel Miles Mackenzie Watson, pilot,
P/O Edward Colin Joseph Cameron, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Murray Cumming, observer,
F/Sgt Ronald Alexander John Anderson,
Sgt John Lewis Owen,.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
