P/O G. A. McREATH (R.A.A.F.) – DIED.            SGT. J. DENYER (R.A.A.F.) – DIED.

F/O A. R. HEINS (R.A.A.F.) –DIED.                   P/O. W. J. VINCENT (R.A.F.)-INJURED.

P/O. W. W. ALEXANDER (R.A.A.F.)-DIED.       SGT. WOODHOUSE (R.A.F.)-INJURED.

 

DETAILS OF ACCIDENT.

Wellington Bomber 111 ZI681 took off from R.A.F. Lichfield at 18.50 for a night navigation exercise. The plane returned to Lichfield at about 00.40 and approached the airfield very low. In doing so, the Wellington hit a tree. The force of this rolled the bomber over.