Date & Time:
Apr 23, 1942 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3638
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2219LT on April 22 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands and approaching the Belgian border, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Nispen. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Owen Cicero Charles Barnes, pilot, †
Sgt Robert Harvey Armstrong, pilot, †
Sgt R., P. Williams, flight engineer,
P/O Henry Brener, observer, †
Sgt Joseph Patrick McCrossan, wireless operator,
Sgt D. R. F. Wellock, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Owen Cicero Charles Barnes, pilot, †
Sgt Robert Harvey Armstrong, pilot, †
Sgt R., P. Williams, flight engineer,
P/O Henry Brener, observer, †
Sgt Joseph Patrick McCrossan, wireless operator,
Sgt D. R. F. Wellock, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
