Date & Time:
Jun 4, 1942 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3635
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2300LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flakd and crashed in Adelheide, some 16 km southwest of Bremen. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Reader Russel Wood, pilot, †
Sgt John Wynn Chapman, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard John Howe, observer, †
Sgt Maurice John Morris Davies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Benjamin Francis Wischusen, air gunner, †
P/O Horace Basil Pearce, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Reader Russel Wood, pilot, †
Sgt John Wynn Chapman, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard John Howe, observer, †
Sgt Maurice John Morris Davies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Benjamin Francis Wischusen, air gunner, †
P/O Horace Basil Pearce, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
