Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Elen: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 14, 1943 at 0148 LT
Operator:
Registration:
EE873
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
West Wickham - West Wickham
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Wickham at 2346LT on July 13 on an operation to Aachen. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Elen. Seven crew members were killed and one evaded.
Crew (90 Sq):
F/Lt Cyril Ernest Coombs, pilot, †
P/O Ernest Candy, copilot, †
Sgt John Olav Bradshaw, flight engineer, †
Sgt William Gorden Dawson, bomb aimer, †
F/O Paul Douglas Swallow, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Charles Alexander Long, wireless operator, †
Sgt Raymond Clarke, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Bradley Potter, air gunner. †
Crew (90 Sq):
F/Lt Cyril Ernest Coombs, pilot, †
P/O Ernest Candy, copilot, †
Sgt John Olav Bradshaw, flight engineer, †
Sgt William Gorden Dawson, bomb aimer, †
F/O Paul Douglas Swallow, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Charles Alexander Long, wireless operator, †
Sgt Raymond Clarke, air gunner,
Sgt Eric Bradley Potter, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
