Date & Time:
Dec 17, 1942 at 1915 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF403
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Downham Market - Downham Market
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 Downham Market at 1802LT on an operation to Fallersleben. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Marsdiep off Den Helder. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Clarence Shepherd, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Martin Taylor, flight engineer,
Sgt Stanley Holmes, navigator,
Sgt Alan John Claude Lavers, bomb aimer,
W/O Joseph Noel Charles Hornidge, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Frank Copplestone, air gunner,
Sgt Glyn Price, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Clarence Shepherd, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Martin Taylor, flight engineer,
Sgt Stanley Holmes, navigator,
Sgt Alan John Claude Lavers, bomb aimer,
W/O Joseph Noel Charles Hornidge, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Frank Copplestone, air gunner,
Sgt Glyn Price, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
