Date & Time:
Jun 5, 1943 at 1350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.25 Sunderland
Operator:
Registration:
W6052
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oban - Sullom Voe
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
11
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oban on a navigation training exercise to RAF Sullom Voe with 11 crew members on board. At 1349, the crew sent a distress call but no details was given. Shortly later, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 35 km south southeast of the Saint Kilda Archipelago. All 11 crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Norman Frederick Lester, pilot,
Sgt John Walker Waring, copilot,
Sgt Howard Eimer Eddy, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert John William Schmok, flight engineer,
F/O Stanley Jebson, navigator,
Sgt Arne Paulsen, navigator,
Cpl Robert Spence McDonald, mechanic,
Sgt Albert Thomas James Murray, wireless operator,
Sgt James John Walker, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Allen, air gunner,
W/O Llewelyn Pryce Edwards, air gunner,
Sgt John Hugh Prtichard, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Norman Frederick Lester, pilot,
Sgt John Walker Waring, copilot,
Sgt Howard Eimer Eddy, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert John William Schmok, flight engineer,
F/O Stanley Jebson, navigator,
Sgt Arne Paulsen, navigator,
Cpl Robert Spence McDonald, mechanic,
Sgt Albert Thomas James Murray, wireless operator,
Sgt James John Walker, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Allen, air gunner,
W/O Llewelyn Pryce Edwards, air gunner,
Sgt John Hugh Prtichard, air gunner.
