't Zand | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2334LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 't Zand, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Gore, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Mitchell Sugden, flight engineer,
Sgt John Harold Wright, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Eric Judd, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frederick Henry Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt David Albert Harris Gough, air gunner,
Sgt John Bartholomew Foskett, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in 't Zand: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0114 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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R9272

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Oakington - Oakington

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2340LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in 't Zand, 11 km southwest of Tilburg. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt James Stanley Watt, pilot, †
Sgt David Stuart Donaldson, flight engineer, †
F/Lt Frederick Arthur George Tompkins, navigator, †
Sgt Arnold John Sutton, bomb aimer, †
P/O James Hector Ross, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick James Benjamin Dukes, air gunner, †
P/O Max Pemberton Ellis, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.