Date & Time:
Apr 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3709
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Country:
France
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 Bourn to lay mines off Lorient. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off the French coast and was lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Saunders Weaver, pilot,
Sgt Hector Thomas Moore Cooper, pilot,
Sgt Ioan Henri Roberts, navigator,
P/O Norman Ernest Myring, observer,
Sgt John Harley Dixon, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Claude William Valder, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt John Saunders Weaver, pilot,
Sgt Hector Thomas Moore Cooper, pilot,
Sgt Ioan Henri Roberts, navigator,
P/O Norman Ernest Myring, observer,
Sgt John Harley Dixon, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Claude William Valder, air gunner.
