Date & Time:
Jun 17, 1942 at 0323 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3723
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Netherlands
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 Mildenhall at 2336LT on June 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Noordwijk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Arnold Harveys Harris, pilot,
Sgt Norman Edward Costigan, observer,
F/Sgt Harry Alexander MacDonald, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Thompson Hunter, air gunner,
P/O Frederick Ritchie Donnison, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Arnold Harveys Harris, pilot,
Sgt Norman Edward Costigan, observer,
F/Sgt Harry Alexander MacDonald, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Thompson Hunter, air gunner,
P/O Frederick Ritchie Donnison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
