Date & Time:
Apr 29, 1942 at 0228 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8342
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
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 Binbrook in the evening of April 28 on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it crashed into the Bay of Kiel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Spray, pilot,
Sgt Robert George Gordon, pilot,
Sgt Alan Robertson Holmes, observer,
Sgt Colin Black Climie, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Laurence Munns, wireless operator,
Sgt William Lloyd Huxley, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Spray, pilot,
Sgt Robert George Gordon, pilot,
Sgt Alan Robertson Holmes, observer,
Sgt Colin Black Climie, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Laurence Munns, wireless operator,
Sgt William Lloyd Huxley, air gunner.
