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Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near Ribe: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1943 at 2322 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9327
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Location:
Ribe
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2039LT on an operation to Kiel. Over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Ribe. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Andrew Way, pilot,
Sgt Neil MacLeod, flight engineer,
Sgt James Palmer, navigator,
Sgt Ronald George Woodfield, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald Percival Bilham, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward George Kingm, air gunner,
Sgt William Edwin Norman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Ribe: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 21, 1942 at 2329 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3815
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Location:
Ribe
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Ribe. Three crew members were killed and two others parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Victor Roberton Paterson, pilot, †
F/Sgt Edwin John Rowe, wireless operator, †
F/O Raymond Edward Norton Butcher, †
P/O Charles Harold Mitchell,
Sgt Gordon Leonard Otter.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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