Stradishall - Stradishall

On July 3, 1942 at 02:20 AM, Stradishall - Stradishall experienced a crash involving Vickers 416 Wellington IC, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Dirkshorn North Holland.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 71.4%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The crew left RAF Stradishall at 2300LT on July 2 on an investigation mission and was overflying The Netherlands by night when he was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located near Dirkshorn. Five crew members were killed while two others were taken POW. Crew (109th Squadron): P/O P. R. V. Sullivan, pilot, † W/O W. R. Allison, † F/Sgt W. Adamson, † Sgt R. J. Liversuch, † F/Sgt W. J. Garnett, Sgt W. J. Morrison, Sgt J. A. Eyres. †

Aircraft reference details include registration AD605.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.7498°, 4.7791°.