Date & Time:
May 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3369
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2229LT on May 8 on an operation to Warnemünde. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rostock. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Livingstone Hopkins Elliott, pilot,
F/O Henry John Bullock, observer,
Sgt James Douglas Cameron, wireless operator,
F/O Leonard Manley Blain, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Reid Waterston, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt John Livingstone Hopkins Elliott, pilot,
F/O Henry John Bullock, observer,
Sgt James Douglas Cameron, wireless operator,
F/O Leonard Manley Blain, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Reid Waterston, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
