Date & Time:
Feb 5, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK617
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1943LT on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. While returning to base in the late evening and approaching the British coast at an altitude of 1,500 feet, it caught fire and crashed into the sea some 3 km off Cromer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt R. E. Redding, pilot,
Sgt R. C. Legge,
Sgt A. J. D. Barton,
Sgt H. Dennis,
Sgt C. G. Phillips,
Sgt Wesley William Wilson,
Sgt P. P. D. Freeman, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt R. E. Redding, pilot,
Sgt R. C. Legge,
Sgt A. J. D. Barton,
Sgt H. Dennis,
Sgt C. G. Phillips,
Sgt Wesley William Wilson,
Sgt P. P. D. Freeman, air gunner.
Probable cause:
In-flight fire of undetermined reason.
