Date & Time:
May 31, 1942 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
W5704
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Graveley - Graveley
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
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 Graveley at 2345LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 3 km southwest of Middelbeers. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Robert Humphrey Whiting, pilot,
Sgt John Hartas George Garrick, observer,
Sgt James Milton Hall, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Charles Williams, air gunner,
Sgt Allen Norman Young, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O William Robert Humphrey Whiting, pilot,
Sgt John Hartas George Garrick, observer,
Sgt James Milton Hall, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Charles Williams, air gunner,
Sgt Allen Norman Young, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
