Date & Time:
Jul 4, 1943 at 0355 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF504
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
West Wickham - West Wickham
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Wickham at 2314LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. The following morning, while returning to base, it overshot the runway and finished up with its undercarriage smashed. There were no casualties among the crew.
Crew:
F/Lt C. G. Crew, pilot,
Sgt J. McFarlane, flight engineer,
Sgt L. E. Jordan, navigator,
F/O G. Ingram, bomb aimer,
Sgt G. Hudson, wireless operator,
Sgt J. Kennedy, air gunner,
Sgt J. Dimond, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt C. G. Crew, pilot,
Sgt J. McFarlane, flight engineer,
Sgt L. E. Jordan, navigator,
F/O G. Ingram, bomb aimer,
Sgt G. Hudson, wireless operator,
Sgt J. Kennedy, air gunner,
Sgt J. Dimond, air gunner.
