Short S.29 Stirling

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EF348

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2338LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kessenich. Two crew members were killed, two evaded and three became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack William Newport, pilot, †
Sgt David Stephen Percy Roberts, flight engineer,
P/O Donald Ivor Turner, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Kellett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Mosedale, wireless operator,
Sgt John George Damboise, air gunner,
Sgt Wilfred Chalmers Macaulay, air gunner. †

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Gelsenkirchen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0135 LT

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EF408

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Plain, Valley

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Newmarket - Newmarket

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Gelsenkirchen

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The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 2340LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Gelsenkirchen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Benjamin Brinley Wood, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Lawrence Webb, flight engineer,
F/Sgt George King Samson, navigator,
F/Sgt Stuart Richard Bisset, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edgar Henry Reader, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Benjamin Hemmings, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Johns Hobbs, air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Essen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0134 LT

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EH882

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Chedburgh - Chedburgh

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Essen

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The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 2352LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Essen. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Werner John Hein, pilot, †
Sgt Geoffrey Michael Phillips, observer, †
Sgt Peter Edward Goldsmid,
Sgt George Striling Greveson,
Sgt Sydney George Morrison,
Sgt Kenneth Sydney Gillard, air gunner, †
W/O Roderick McNeil, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Beeck: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0129 LT

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BK804

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Plain, Valley

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West Wickham - West Wickham

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Beeck

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The airplane departed RAF West Wickham at 2326LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Beeck, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Allan Robson, pilot,
Sgt Newell Graham, flight engineer,
Sgt Clifford Richard Fenwick,
Sgt Guy Kipling,
Sgt Jack Picton,
Sgt Daniel Sanders, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Hammond, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Hoogwoud: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0244 LT

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EE887

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Plain, Valley

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West Wickham - West Wickham

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The airplane departed RAF West Wrickham at 2346LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Hoogwoud, killing the entire crew of seven.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Norman Peters, pilot,
Sgt Eric Bradshaw, flight engineer,
Sgt David John Davies, navigator,
Sgt Brian Alfred Abraham, bomb aimer,
Sgt Albert Stanley Andrews, wireless operator,
Sgt David Gillis, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Ronald Law, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Makkum: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0239 LT

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BK799

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Lakenheath - Lakenheath

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The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2351LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Makkum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O James Lowrie, pilot,
Sgt John Atkinson, flight engineer,
F/O Donald Harrison Lyne, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Coull, bomb aimer,
Sgt Donald Charles Holmes Fudge, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Claude Waite, air gunner,
Sgt Ernest Graham Hird, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III in Sterksel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0150 LT

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BK722

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The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 0016LT on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sterksel. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Donald Robert Rich, pilot, †
Sgt Herbert Hill, flight engineer,
Sgt Fred Fawcett, navigator,
Sgt Brian Kermonde, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Anthony James Small, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Herbert Burrows, air gunner, †
Sgt John Swan McDonald, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling in Hamont-Achel: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0145 LT

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EF366

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0007LT on an operation to Krefeld. While passing over Belgium at an altitude of 11,000 feet, it was shot down by two German fighters. The Stirling lost altitude and the captain attempted to make an emergency landing when the airplane stalled and crashed on the bank of a canal, bursting into flames. The captain and the navigator were killed while five other crew members became PoW.
Crew (7th Squadron):
F/O Robert Bruce Meiklejohn, pilot, †
Sgt Frank William Coles, flight engineer,
F/O Charles Henry Gerrard Redwood, navigator, †
Sgt Frank Hugo, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leslie Edward Ellingham, wireless operator,
Sgt John Kilfoyle, air gunner,
F/Sgt Edgar Andrew Brown, air gunner.

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Shot down by German fighters.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Büttgen: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 22, 1943 at 0137 LT

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R9266

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Oakington - Oakington

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Büttgen

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