Date & Time:
Jun 4, 1942 at 0135 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3473
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bourn on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Norman John Edwards, pilot, †
P/O Laurence Alan Edward Osbon,
Sgt Frederick Ralph Arthan, wireless operator, †
Sgt William George Cormack, air gunner, †
P/O Kenneth Edward Steel Muggleton.
Crew:
F/Lt Norman John Edwards, pilot, †
P/O Laurence Alan Edward Osbon,
Sgt Frederick Ralph Arthan, wireless operator, †
Sgt William George Cormack, air gunner, †
P/O Kenneth Edward Steel Muggleton.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
