Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1943 at 0244 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
EE887
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
West Wickham - West Wickham
Country:
Netherlands
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 West Wrickham at 2346LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Hoogwoud, killing the entire crew of seven.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Norman Peters, pilot,
Sgt Eric Bradshaw, flight engineer,
Sgt David John Davies, navigator,
Sgt Brian Alfred Abraham, bomb aimer,
Sgt Albert Stanley Andrews, wireless operator,
Sgt David Gillis, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Ronald Law, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Norman Peters, pilot,
Sgt Eric Bradshaw, flight engineer,
Sgt David John Davies, navigator,
Sgt Brian Alfred Abraham, bomb aimer,
Sgt Albert Stanley Andrews, wireless operator,
Sgt David Gillis, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Ronald Law, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
