Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Polsum
Date & Time:
Sep 8, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
N6046
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2001LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin and was shot down over Germany by a Me.110. All six crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Henry Boulton,
Sgt Leslie Ernest James Davenport,
P/O Clive Mayor Hall,
Sgt Donald Owens,
Sgt Arthur Speakman,
Sgt J. M. Sutton,
Sgt Alick Yardley.
Crew:
Sgt John Henry Boulton,
Sgt Leslie Ernest James Davenport,
P/O Clive Mayor Hall,
Sgt Donald Owens,
Sgt Arthur Speakman,
Sgt J. M. Sutton,
Sgt Alick Yardley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
