Date & Time:
May 30, 1943 at 0222 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BK688
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
Country:
Belgium
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 Downham Market at 2308LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schaffen, killing all seven crew members.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Arthur Mathias Davis, pilot,
Sgt George Alan Ashley Grant, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Wilkinson Dixon, navigator,
Sgt William Robert Howes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Lloyd Portrey, wireless operator,
Sgt James Alfred Bramble, air gunner,
F/Lt Leslie William Abbiss, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Arthur Mathias Davis, pilot,
Sgt George Alan Ashley Grant, flight engineer,
Sgt Thomas Wilkinson Dixon, navigator,
Sgt William Robert Howes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Lloyd Portrey, wireless operator,
Sgt James Alfred Bramble, air gunner,
F/Lt Leslie William Abbiss, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
