Date & Time:
May 20, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5458
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 at 2240LT on May 19 on an operation to Mannheim. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O William John Fulton, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Allan Bell, pilot,
F/Sgt William Alan Baird, navigator,
Sgt Harry Edgar Wreyford Ansell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Ernest Hughes, air gunner,
Sgt Carodoc Roberts, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O William John Fulton, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Allan Bell, pilot,
F/Sgt William Alan Baird, navigator,
Sgt Harry Edgar Wreyford Ansell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Ernest Hughes, air gunner,
Sgt Carodoc Roberts, air gunner.
