Date & Time:
Jun 23, 1943 at 0129 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK804
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
West Wickham - West Wickham
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 West Wickham at 2326LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Beeck, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Allan Robson, pilot,
Sgt Newell Graham, flight engineer,
Sgt Clifford Richard Fenwick,
Sgt Guy Kipling,
Sgt Jack Picton,
Sgt Daniel Sanders, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Hammond, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Allan Robson, pilot,
Sgt Newell Graham, flight engineer,
Sgt Clifford Richard Fenwick,
Sgt Guy Kipling,
Sgt Jack Picton,
Sgt Daniel Sanders, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Hammond, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
