Date & Time:
Jun 2, 1942 at 0253 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9975
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Stanton Harcourt - Stanton Harcourt
Country:
Netherlands
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 Stanton Harcourt in the evening of June 1st on an operation to Essen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Haamstede. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Stanley Sinclair Martin, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Joseph Daley, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas William Belton, observer,
Sgt Thomas Inglis McKenzie, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Albert Marvell, wireless operator,
Sgt George Campbell Falconer, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Stanley Sinclair Martin, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Joseph Daley, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas William Belton, observer,
Sgt Thomas Inglis McKenzie, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Albert Marvell, wireless operator,
Sgt George Campbell Falconer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
