Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling III off Ringkøbing: 8 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 21, 1943 at 0354 LT
Registration:
BK698
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
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.
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.