Sint-Maartensdijk | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2351LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Eastern Scheldt, south of Sint-Maartensdijk. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James John Anderson, pilot,
Sgt George Luff, flight engineer,
Sgt Anthony Ribour Helliwell, navigator,
Sgt Albert Edwin Brodie, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Glassman, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick John Biddle, air gunner,
Sgt George Edward Evans, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Sint-Maartensdijk: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1943 at 0104 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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W7518

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Bourn - Bourn

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The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 1822LT on March 1st on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sint-Maartensdijk. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur Francis Edward Tilley, pilot, †
Sgt William Donald Bowen, flight engineer, †
Sgt Donald Burton Care, navigator, †
F/O Harry Lewis Meller, navigator, †
Sgt Anthony James Sinclair, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Haydn Jones, air gunner, †
Sgt G. E. Williams, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.