Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Ellerbek: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 30, 1941 at 0245 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N6016
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of June 29 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crash landed in Ellerbek, northwest of Hamburg. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Cecil Smith, pilot, †
F/Sgt Richard Smith Storie, air gunner, †
Sgt L. B. McCarthy,
Sgt D. B. Annesley,
Sgt T. S. Thorkilsen,
Sgt W. B. Louch,
Sgt D. Rees.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Cecil Smith, pilot, †
F/Sgt Richard Smith Storie, air gunner, †
Sgt L. B. McCarthy,
Sgt D. B. Annesley,
Sgt T. S. Thorkilsen,
Sgt W. B. Louch,
Sgt D. Rees.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
