Date & Time:
Feb 3, 1943 at 2041 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF406
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Country:
Netherlands
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 Downham Market at 1835LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Deelen AFB. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Joseph Dodd, pilot,
Sgt Matthew Bean Holden, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Richard Charles Selby, observer,
W/O Robert John Thomas Lynn, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Frank Campbell Stewart, wireless operator,
Sgt Denis Graham Heath, air gunner,
F/Sgt Howard William Traver, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Joseph Dodd, pilot,
Sgt Matthew Bean Holden, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Richard Charles Selby, observer,
W/O Robert John Thomas Lynn, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Frank Campbell Stewart, wireless operator,
Sgt Denis Graham Heath, air gunner,
F/Sgt Howard William Traver, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
