Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Middelfart: 8 killed
Date & Time:
May 18, 1942 at 0210 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W7531
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2140LT on May 17 to lay mines in the Danish Sound. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a wooded area located 2 km west of Middelfart. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Charles Hall, pilot,
F/O John Patrick Ryan, pilot,
F/Lt Neville George Richardson Booth, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Spriggs, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald Maycock, observer,
Sgt John Bernard Butterworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Leslie Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald John Jeffs, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Nicholson, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L John Charles Hall, pilot,
F/O John Patrick Ryan, pilot,
F/Lt Neville George Richardson Booth, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Spriggs, flight engineer,
Sgt Ronald Maycock, observer,
Sgt John Bernard Butterworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Leslie Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald John Jeffs, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Nicholson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
