Date & Time:
Apr 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
Z1571
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Country:
France
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 Alconbury at 2113LT on April 29 on an operation to Gennevilliers. Approaching the target area, it crashed for unknown reasons, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Lawrence Jason Pinion, pilot,
F/O Leslie Noel William Dobson, observer,
Sgt Wilfred Agar, wireless operator,
Sgt William George Sherratt, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Moffat Marnoch Irvine, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Lawrence Jason Pinion, pilot,
F/O Leslie Noel William Dobson, observer,
Sgt Wilfred Agar, wireless operator,
Sgt William George Sherratt, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Moffat Marnoch Irvine, air gunner.
