Date & Time:
Apr 10, 1942 at 2335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3702
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Country:
Germany
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 Honington at 2205LT on an operation to Essen. Passing south of Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Nievenheim. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alistair MacTaggart, pilot,
Sgt Jack Walker, pilot,
Sgt Laurence David Orbuck, observer,
Sgt Roger Owen Francis, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Stephen Elmes, air gunner,
Sgt Henry Maxwell Tapley, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Alistair MacTaggart, pilot,
Sgt Jack Walker, pilot,
Sgt Laurence David Orbuck, observer,
Sgt Roger Owen Francis, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Stephen Elmes, air gunner,
Sgt Henry Maxwell Tapley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
