Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Berzée: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 25, 1942 at 0225 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W7616
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2042LT on August 24 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Berzée. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Antoine, observer, †
Sgt Charles George Edwin Dearlove, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Arthur Osborne Graham, air gunner, †
W/O William Nelson Shumsky, pilot, †
Sgt James Sydney Spark, air gunner, †
Sgt Patrick Denis Kinsella,
F/Sgt E. A. Walker.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Antoine, observer, †
Sgt Charles George Edwin Dearlove, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Arthur Osborne Graham, air gunner, †
W/O William Nelson Shumsky, pilot, †
Sgt James Sydney Spark, air gunner, †
Sgt Patrick Denis Kinsella,
F/Sgt E. A. Walker.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
