Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Korsør: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 19, 1942 at 0036 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R9351
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 2005LT on September 18 on a mine laying operation in the Asparagus region. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Korsør. Six crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O J. M. Steel,
Sgt T. B. Brown, †
Sgt Jack Godfrey Newman, †
Sgt R. A. Heathcote, †
Sgt S. Greenbeck, †
Sgt Thomas Charles Smith, †
Sgt E. A. J. King. †
Crew:
P/O J. M. Steel,
Sgt T. B. Brown, †
Sgt Jack Godfrey Newman, †
Sgt R. A. Heathcote, †
Sgt S. Greenbeck, †
Sgt Thomas Charles Smith, †
Sgt E. A. J. King. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
