Date & Time:
May 18, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
DV806
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2245LT on May 17 on an operation to Boulogne. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, the left engine failed. The pilot ditched the airplane some 200 yards off Dungeness. The airplane was lost and all five crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
S/L John Stuart Laird, pilot,
Sgt Blackberrie,
Sgt D. A. Inman,
P/O John Patrick Leeson,
Sgt R. H. Moss.
Crew:
S/L John Stuart Laird, pilot,
Sgt Blackberrie,
Sgt D. A. Inman,
P/O John Patrick Leeson,
Sgt R. H. Moss.
Probable cause:
Failure of the left engine in flight.
