Date & Time:
Jun 28, 1942 at 0228 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
DJ974
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Germany
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 Marham at 2355LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed in Horumersiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ralph Waters, pilot,
Sgt John Kingston Lew Heath, flight engineer,
P/O Horace Martin Simon, observer,
Sgt John Armstrong, wireless operator,
Sgt George Anderson Gow, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Campbell Parry, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Dick, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Ralph Waters, pilot,
Sgt John Kingston Lew Heath, flight engineer,
P/O Horace Martin Simon, observer,
Sgt John Armstrong, wireless operator,
Sgt George Anderson Gow, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Campbell Parry, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Dick, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.
