Date & Time:
Oct 15, 1941 at 2117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9978
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1835LT on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Grevenbicht, near the border with Belgium. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Neville John Lewery, pilot,
P/O Keith John Miller, pilot,
Sgt David Walter Jennings, observer,
Sgt Ernest Tastard Christie, wireless operator,
Sgt George William Turner Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Brynmor Samuel Jones, air gunner.
Crew.
Sgt Neville John Lewery, pilot,
P/O Keith John Miller, pilot,
Sgt David Walter Jennings, observer,
Sgt Ernest Tastard Christie, wireless operator,
Sgt George William Turner Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Brynmor Samuel Jones, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
