Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Vrønding: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 29, 1943 at 0017 LT
Operator:
Registration:
BF447
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2104LT on April 28 on mine laying duties in the Sweet Pea area. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vrønding. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Denis James Brown, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Lowery, flight engineer,
Sgt William Trevor Jones, navigator, †
Sgt Thomas Rich, navigator, †
F/O John Wardle Scott, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Leslie Turner, air gunner,
Sgt George Sutton, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O Denis James Brown, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Lowery, flight engineer,
Sgt William Trevor Jones, navigator, †
Sgt Thomas Rich, navigator, †
F/O John Wardle Scott, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Leslie Turner, air gunner,
Sgt George Sutton, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
