Date & Time:
Apr 18, 1942 at 0249 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3542
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
Germany
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 Feltwell at 2350LT on April 17 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the suburb of Rendsburg. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Warwick St George Ruxton Wilson, pilot, †
F/Lt R. Hicks,
P/O J. S. Skinner,
Sgt Alexander John Shields Gillespie, †
Sgt R. D. Meek,
Sgt Ronald Sydney Andrews. †
Crew:
F/Sgt Warwick St George Ruxton Wilson, pilot, †
F/Lt R. Hicks,
P/O J. S. Skinner,
Sgt Alexander John Shields Gillespie, †
Sgt R. D. Meek,
Sgt Ronald Sydney Andrews. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
