Vickers Wellington MK III, s/n T2988.

The Incident:

Friday November 28. 1941 at 1420 hours, Wellington „DF-H“ went on „Bear Patrol“ (submarine patrol) over the ocean between Greenland and Iceland. The weather was a strong wind from SE and cloudy.
When the aircraft returned from the surveillance area, Captain J. E. Speak headed for Reykjavík. Records indicate that the aircraft was seen from the village Stykkishólmur heading east towards Hvammsfjördur. The aircraft turned around and was observed N of Sykkishólmur heading west. At 2155 the telephone station at Sykkishólmur reported that the crew fired green and white flares¹. The aircraft was then reported heading southwest towards Hraunsfjörður. Little later the aircraft headed south over the mountain ridge.
The aircraft crashed into northwest slopes of the mountain Svartihnúkur (750 meters) at an elevation about 500 meters above sea level and exploded.
The flight operation office log only says: Captain Speak was on surveillance flight around midnight but had not returned. His last call was at 2230.
²Search team consisting of local farmers found the wreck on Dec. 1. 
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¹RAF aircraft used a system of firing Very lights (flares) to signal to their own side that they were friendly. The colour of the Very light was used in recognition procedure and was known as “the colours of the day” The colours were changed daily for security purposes.

²An unusual action under radio silence?

The Crew:

All crew members killed in the crash.
John Ewart Speak, Captain. Flying Officer †
James Brian Gower, Pilot Officer, age 22 †
Donald John McPherson, wireless operator / air gunner, age 26 †
Kenneth Fredrick Capper, wireless operator / air gunner †
Glyn David Humphreys Griffith, observer †
John Nelson Fergus, wireless operator / air gunner age 20 †

The Aircraft:

Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft Ltd.) Wellington MK III
S/N T2988
Code, DF-H
Operator: RAF 221. Squadron
The Squadron operated Wellingtons from Reykjavík, September 28. 1941 to December 5. 1941.

Details on aircraft: Wikipedia, Youtube

The crash site was visited by stridsminjar.is on August 11. 2013