Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Idar-Oberstein: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 3, 1942 at 0513 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK618
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Location:
Idar-Oberstein
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 0202LT on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Idar-Oberstein. Two crew were killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Scott, pilot, †
Sgt Robert William Sharpe, copilot,
Sgt Dennis Cygnet Baker, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert Edward Rey, navigator,
Sgt Walter Keith Wright, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Robert Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander Watson McMorrine, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Edward Preston, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Idar-Oberstein

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L1138
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Metz - Metz
MSN:
8421
YOM:
1938
Location:
Idar-Oberstein
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Metz on a reconnaissance mission over Hanover. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and entered a dive. A crewman was able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in an openfield. Both other crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Harry Melville Arbuthnot, pilot,
Sgt Eric Bernard Hillier, observer, †
AC2 Frederick George Moller, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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