Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1943 at 0137 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9266
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2342LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Büttgen, 16 km south of Krefeld. The pilot was killed and six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Desmond Ince, pilot, †
W/O Frederick Clive Fray, flight engineer,
F/Lt Herbert Alan Winfield, navigator,
F/Sgt Ernest Davenport, bomb aimer,
F/O James William Roch, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Allcock, air gunner,
F/Lt Arthur George Collings, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Charles Desmond Ince, pilot, †
W/O Frederick Clive Fray, flight engineer,
F/Lt Herbert Alan Winfield, navigator,
F/Sgt Ernest Davenport, bomb aimer,
F/O James William Roch, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Thomas Allcock, air gunner,
F/Lt Arthur George Collings, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
