Date & Time:
Aug 7, 1942 at 0242 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9154
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0100LT on an operation to Duisburg. Just after passing the Dutch/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hüthum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Clifford George Pullen, pilot,
Sgt Philip Cecil John Brain, flight engineer,
P/O Alexander Whyte Cassie Montgomery, observer,
Sgt Eric Gilbert Kershaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Wilfred Mathieson, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Rodwell, air gunner.
Sgt Samuel Leach Hore, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Clifford George Pullen, pilot,
Sgt Philip Cecil John Brain, flight engineer,
P/O Alexander Whyte Cassie Montgomery, observer,
Sgt Eric Gilbert Kershaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Wilfred Mathieson, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Rodwell, air gunner.
Sgt Samuel Leach Hore, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
