Date & Time:
Mar 3, 1943 at 2232 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6123
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Newmarket - Newmarket
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 Newmarket at 2003LT on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 20 km west of Texel Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Cyril Going, pilot,
Sgt Emrys Herbert Weaver, flight engineer,
P/O Arthur Mervyn Bridgman, navigator,
F/Sgt Frederick Arthur William Willis, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Cedric Eyre, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Barkhouse Stewart, air gunner,
Sgt Clarence Sydney Burton, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond Cyril Going, pilot,
Sgt Emrys Herbert Weaver, flight engineer,
P/O Arthur Mervyn Bridgman, navigator,
F/Sgt Frederick Arthur William Willis, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Cedric Eyre, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Barkhouse Stewart, air gunner,
Sgt Clarence Sydney Burton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
