Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Dobersdorf: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1943 at 2330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7621
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Chedburgh - Chedburgh
Location:
Dobersdorf
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 2021LT on an operation to Kiel. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Dobersdorfer Lake off Dobersdorf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Reginald Burton, pilot,
Sgt George Henry Joseph Cash,
Sgt Albert John Gordon,
Sgt Edward McGloin,
Sgt Harry Michael Parsons,
Sgt James Hill Strathearn,
Sgt John Broderick, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC into Lake Dobersdorfer: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1608
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Dobersdorf
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2215LT on June 24 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the small lake of Dobersdorfer, off the village of Dobersdorf, about 10 km east of Kiel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Robertson Sutherland, pilot,
Sgt Hartley Ward, pilot,
Sgt George Leslie Bentley, observer,
Sgt Anthony Cecil Frost, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Straughan, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Jones, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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