Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Ringkøbing: 8 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1943 at 0354 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BK698
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2203LT on April 20 on an operation to Rostock. While returning to base the following night and passing over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Ringkøbing. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt George Ivan Ellis, pilot,
P/O Ian Allison Mervyn Holloway, pilot,
Sgt Fred Leslie Cecil Kelly, flight engineer,
P/O Ernest Booth, navigator,
F/Lt David Ian McNarey, navigator,
Sgt Edwin Robert Ginn, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Sheppard, air gunner,
Sgt Peter Banister Mills, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III off Ringkøbing: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1943 at 0328 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ED709
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2159LT on April 20 on an operation to Szczecin. While returning to base the following night and passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Ringkøbing. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr James George Wilson Swain, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Carter, flight engineer,
F/Lt Bernard Francis Myers, navigator,
P/O Cyril Ernest Wellard, bomb aimer,
Sgt Roland Stanley Sidwell, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Marcel Alfred Barnard Watkins, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Alfred Whellams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.