Date & Time:
Apr 23, 1942 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3358
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2223LT on April 22 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dormagen. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Alan Maurice Hale, pilot,
P/O Henry Alfred Schumm, observer, †
Sgt Laurie Arthur Green,
Sgt Hugh John Lawrie,
Sgt William George Victor McKie,
Sgt Harol Arthur Rains.
Crew:
P/O Alan Maurice Hale, pilot,
P/O Henry Alfred Schumm, observer, †
Sgt Laurie Arthur Green,
Sgt Hugh John Lawrie,
Sgt William George Victor McKie,
Sgt Harol Arthur Rains.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
