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Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Korsør: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943 at 0007 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF346
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Ridgewell - Ridgewell
Location:
Korsør
Sjælland
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ridgewell at 2019LT on April 28 for mine laying duties in the Quince region. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Korsør. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Robert Seayears May, pilot,
Sgt Norman Marshall, flight engineer,
P/O William Greenhalgh Monk, navigator,
Sgt Kenneth George Horne, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leslie Hainin, wireless operator,
P/O Gerald Frederick Heathcote-Peirson, air gunner,
Sgt Basil Horace Reeve, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I off Korsør: 6 killed

Date & Time: Sep 19, 1942 at 0036 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9351
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bourn - Bourn
Location:
Korsør
Sjælland
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 2005LT on September 18 on a mine laying operation in the Asparagus region. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Korsør. Six crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O J. M. Steel,
Sgt T. B. Brown, †
Sgt Jack Godfrey Newman, †
Sgt R. A. Heathcote, †
Sgt S. Greenbeck, †
Sgt Thomas Charles Smith, †
Sgt E. A. J. King. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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