Date & Time:
Jun 25, 1943 at 0250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EF392
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
8
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2328LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 80 km west of Katwijk aan Zee. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Ronald Savage, pilot,
P/O Frederick John Haines, copilot,
F/Sgt Godfrey Hippesley Cox, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Sidney James Barnes, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Arthur Errington, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Ashton Caley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman Robert Morrison, air gunner,
Sgt Derek Richard Spanton, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L John Ronald Savage, pilot,
P/O Frederick John Haines, copilot,
F/Sgt Godfrey Hippesley Cox, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Sidney James Barnes, navigator,
Sgt Sydney Arthur Errington, bomb aimer,
Sgt Arthur Ashton Caley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Norman Robert Morrison, air gunner,
Sgt Derek Richard Spanton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
