Date & Time:
Jun 23, 1943 at 0134 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EH882
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Chedburgh - Chedburgh
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Chedburgh at 2352LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Essen. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Werner John Hein, pilot, †
Sgt Geoffrey Michael Phillips, observer, †
Sgt Peter Edward Goldsmid,
Sgt George Striling Greveson,
Sgt Sydney George Morrison,
Sgt Kenneth Sydney Gillard, air gunner, †
W/O Roderick McNeil, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Lt Werner John Hein, pilot, †
Sgt Geoffrey Michael Phillips, observer, †
Sgt Peter Edward Goldsmid,
Sgt George Striling Greveson,
Sgt Sydney George Morrison,
Sgt Kenneth Sydney Gillard, air gunner, †
W/O Roderick McNeil, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
