Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Snaaskerke: 8 killed

Date & Time: Apr 16, 1942 at 0450 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6068
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Location:
Snaaskerke
West Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 0020LT on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Snaaskerke. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Max Lightfoot Field pilot,
P/O Alexander Leslie Ellis, pilot,
Sgt Eric Austin Kirk, flight engineer,
Sgt Peter Sydney Brunsdon, observer,
Sgt Charles Moynes, wireless operator,
Sgt Gilbert Victor Phillips, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Briggs, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Charles Hutson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Snaaskerke: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z8788
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Snaaskerke
West Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2239LT on July 21 on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Snaaskerke. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Lachlan Johnston, pilot,
Sgt Frank Stubbington Payne, pilot,
Sgt Richard Stanley Saunders, observer,
Sgt Howard Tucker, wireless operator,
Sgt Hubert Vernon, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard William O'Hara, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Snaaskerke: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6743
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
MSN:
2131
YOM:
1941
Location:
Snaaskerke
West Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2229LT on July 9 on an operation to Aachen. After passing the Belgian coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Snaaskerke. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter John McLean, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Brearley, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Eaves, wireless operator,
P/O Grahame Gordon Whitting, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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