Date & Time:
Apr 28, 1942 at 0045 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3700
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Country:
Germany
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 Snaith at 2140LT on April 27 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the city. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Valden Leonard Bailey, pilot,
Sgt Bernard John McGinn, pilot,
P/O Alfred Wilkinson, observer,
P/O Franklin Burton Grundy, wireless operator,
Sgt William George Marsh, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Marcus Sutton, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Valden Leonard Bailey, pilot,
Sgt Bernard John McGinn, pilot,
P/O Alfred Wilkinson, observer,
P/O Franklin Burton Grundy, wireless operator,
Sgt William George Marsh, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Marcus Sutton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
