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

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1943 at 0129 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK804
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
West Wickham - West Wickham
Location:
Beeck
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
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 Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Beeck

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1941 at 2200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
T2846
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Beeck
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1838LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Beeck. Five crew members became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
Sgt James Muir Atkinson,
P/O Walter Barrett,
Sgt Robert Littler Betts,
Sgt Leslie Douglas Albert Bolton,
Sgt Ronald Herbert Cage,
Sgt L. Pearman.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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