Date & Time:
Apr 9, 1942 at 0207 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3757
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Netherlands
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 Feltwell at 2205LT on April 8 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Vlieland Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Noel Percy Morse, pilot,
F/Sgt James Edward Linehan, pilot,
F/Sgt George Hilary Vogan, observer,
Sgt Graham Lakeman, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Norman Joseph Naylor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Roland Geoffrey Richards, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Noel Percy Morse, pilot,
F/Sgt James Edward Linehan, pilot,
F/Sgt George Hilary Vogan, observer,
Sgt Graham Lakeman, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Norman Joseph Naylor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Roland Geoffrey Richards, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
