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Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Rømø Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1942 at 2203 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7635
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Location:
Rømø Island
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 Bourn at 1642LT to lay mines in the Sweet Peas area. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Rømø Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jochemus Johannes Blignaut, pilot,
Sgt Henry Charles Adkins, navigator,
Sgt Eric Bance,
Sgt Francis George Crapp,
Sgt Richard George Oliver,
Sgt Robert Skelton,
F/Sgt Alfred Theodore Kelley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Rømø Island: 8 killed

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1942 at 0104 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7613
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
Rømø Island
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 1948LT on an operation to Lübeck. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Juvre Dyb off the Rømø Island. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Johannes C. F. Du Toit, pilot,
W/Cdr Montagu F. B. Read, pilot,
Sgt John W. Dawson, flight engineer,
F/O John R. Drake, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth J. Cooper, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Speed, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan I. Parkinson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Joseph D. R. Menard, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off Rømø Island: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1942 at 0434 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT508
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Rømø Island
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0029LT on an operation to Flensburg. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Rømø Island. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Owen Barnard, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Douglass, flight engineer,
P/O Stephen Eric Groves, navigator, †
P/O Gerald Thomas Lester, bomb aimer,
Sgt Denholm Mitchell Elliott, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Gadd, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Jack Hill, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Rømø Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 29, 1942 at 0158 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6129
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Location:
Rømø Island
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 Downham Market at 2327LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Rømø Island, Denmark. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Roger Charles Eldridge, observer,
P/O Colin Macqueen Farquharson,
Sgt Rodney Kenneth Helyer, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Horder,
Sgt Norman Jackson, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Windle, wireless operator,
Sgt Russell Stanley Brandish, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Rømø Island: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1942 at 0105 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3727
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Rømø Island
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 Oakington at 2133LT on April 27 on a mine laying operation. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Rømø Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Bernard Moreland Denny, pilot,
F/Sgt Leslie Nellis Hodgins, flight engineer,
Sgt George William Craft, navigator,
Sgt Lloyd Francis Evans, bomb aimer,
P/O George Winston Wilkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Penman, air gunner,
Sgt Terence James Savage, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Rømø Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941 at 0020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8946
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Rømø Island
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1810LT on October 26 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in the tidal area south of Rømø Island. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt D. S. Fisk, †
Sgt Logan Carmon Bentley, wireless operator, †
P/O Frank William Wade, †
Sgt Thomas Clifford Bartle,
P/O Ivan Henry Collett,
P/O John Stephen Walters.
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