Date & Time:
Apr 27, 1942 at 1550 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
Z2194
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1422LT on an operation to Lille. Southwest of Dunkirk, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Bourbourg. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Nicholas Carpenter, pilot,
F/Lt John Francis Williams, observer,
Sgt Gordon Samuel Gay Black, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Nicholas Carpenter, pilot,
F/Lt John Francis Williams, observer,
Sgt Gordon Samuel Gay Black, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
