Date & Time:
Jun 3, 1942 at 0135 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8533
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2344LT on June 2 on an operation to Essen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Molenbeersel. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Harold Edgar Dimmock, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Cecil Cushway, observer, †
Sgt Derek Victor Smith, bomb aimer,
P/O Dennis William O'Driscoll King, wireless operator,
Sgt Robinson Ferguson, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Sgt Harold Edgar Dimmock, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Cecil Cushway, observer, †
Sgt Derek Victor Smith, bomb aimer,
P/O Dennis William O'Driscoll King, wireless operator,
Sgt Robinson Ferguson, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
