Date & Time:
May 26, 1943 at 0152 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EF361
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
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 Oakington at 2357LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Flying close to a Halifax registered JB837 that was shot down by a German fighter and exploded with its full load of bombs, the airplane was knocked down and also crashed south of Jülich, killing all seven crew members.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Francois Exavier G. Berthiaume, pilot,
Sgt Eric Broadhead, flight engineer,
Sgt Alwyn Brotherton, navigator,
Sgt Walter Denham, bomb aimer,
W/O William James Hills, wireless operator,
Sgt Noel Lagna, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Leslie Fisher, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Joseph Francois Exavier G. Berthiaume, pilot,
Sgt Eric Broadhead, flight engineer,
Sgt Alwyn Brotherton, navigator,
Sgt Walter Denham, bomb aimer,
W/O William James Hills, wireless operator,
Sgt Noel Lagna, air gunner,
Sgt Albert Leslie Fisher, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Hit by debris from a shot down Halifax.
