Date & Time:
Apr 18, 1942 at 0556 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5575
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2341LT on April 17 on an operation to Hamburg. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Alan Olliver,
Sgt William Waddell Chapman,
Sgt Stanley Hextall,
Sgt Frederick John Keeler,
Sgt Arthur Charles May.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Alan Olliver,
Sgt William Waddell Chapman,
Sgt Stanley Hextall,
Sgt Frederick John Keeler,
Sgt Arthur Charles May.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.
