Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Hangelar: 8 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 4, 1943 at 0131 LT
Operator:
Registration:
BK648
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2232LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. Over the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near the airfield of Hangelar, 5 km northeast of Bonn. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George William Barber, pilot,
F/Lt Leslie William Hunt, pilot,
Sgt Charles Leslie Chalker, flight engineer,
P/O Horace Charles Dillingham, navigator,
Sgt Douglas Oswald Humpgries, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Henry Warrell, wireless operator,
Sgt Maurice Leonard Charles Criswick, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Walter Munn, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt George William Barber, pilot,
F/Lt Leslie William Hunt, pilot,
Sgt Charles Leslie Chalker, flight engineer,
P/O Horace Charles Dillingham, navigator,
Sgt Douglas Oswald Humpgries, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Henry Warrell, wireless operator,
Sgt Maurice Leonard Charles Criswick, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Walter Munn, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
