Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near Southery
Date & Time:
Aug 18, 1942 at 0430 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W7589
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2215LT on August 17 on an operation to Osnabrück. It was badly shot about by a night-fighter and from the Dutch coast until the crash at 0430LT south of Southery, the Stirling was reduced to power from two engines only. All seven crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt D. A. Baker,
Sgt J. B. Downing,
Sgt F. J. Berthelsen,
Sgt S. E. Robinson,
Sgt H. Williams,
F/Sgt V. S. Wood,
Sgt T. J. Jenkins.
Crew:
Sgt D. A. Baker,
Sgt J. B. Downing,
Sgt F. J. Berthelsen,
Sgt S. E. Robinson,
Sgt H. Williams,
F/Sgt V. S. Wood,
Sgt T. J. Jenkins.
Probable cause:
Badly shot about by a German fighter.
