Date & Time:
Apr 24, 1942 at 2200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3305
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Country:
United Kingdom
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 Snaith at 2200LT on an operation to Rostock. Almost immediately after takeoff, while in initial climb, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field, about a mile past the runway end. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Herbert John Thorogood, pilot,
P/O Norman Curtis Lerwill, pilot,
P/O Alan Frederick James, observer,
Sgt George Herbert Jordan, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas William Chaston, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman Kenneth MacLeod, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Herbert John Thorogood, pilot,
P/O Norman Curtis Lerwill, pilot,
P/O Alan Frederick James, observer,
Sgt George Herbert Jordan, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas William Chaston, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman Kenneth MacLeod, air gunner.
Probable cause:
It was not possible to determine the exact cause of the accident due to the high degree of destruction of the airplane due to the bomb load explosion.
