Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Netersel: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 29, 1943 at 0214 LT
Operator:
Registration:
BK703
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2339LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Netersel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O William Richard Booker, pilot,
Sgt Robert Franklin, flight engineer,
Sgt Denys William Birkett Channing, navigator,
Sgt Carl Donald Herbert, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Broadhurst, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Douglas Hall, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Victor Howden, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O William Richard Booker, pilot,
Sgt Robert Franklin, flight engineer,
Sgt Denys William Birkett Channing, navigator,
Sgt Carl Donald Herbert, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth Broadhurst, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Douglas Hall, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Victor Howden, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
