Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Eastling
Date & Time:
Oct 6, 1942 at 0035 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N3755
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 1908LT on October 5 on an operation to Aachen. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew who parachuted to safety. The airplane crashed in Eastling and was destroyed.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Lonsdale, pilot,
Sgt C. Hill,
Sgt P. A. Radomski,
Sgt G. S. Reynolds,
Sgt V. W. Tulley,
Sgt J. Brigden,
Sgt W. A. Summerson.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Lonsdale, pilot,
Sgt C. Hill,
Sgt P. A. Radomski,
Sgt G. S. Reynolds,
Sgt V. W. Tulley,
Sgt J. Brigden,
Sgt W. A. Summerson.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
