Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Stambourne

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6009
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Stambourne
Essex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2150LT on April 20 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was attacked by a German night fighter and crash landed in Stambourne. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Lt R. A. Cruikshank,
Sgt R. S. Havery,
Sgt K. F. Wilson,
Sgt G. W. Smith,
Sgt J. McIntyre,
Sgt S. A. Hives,
Sgt E. Barratt.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling in The Channel: 8 killed

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3653
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
The Channel
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1843LT on March 2 on an operation to Brest. The following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in The Channel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L John Martin Griffith-Jones,
P/O William Ian Dalgliesh,
P/O William Thomas Watkins,
Sgt Roger Hinton,
Sgt Robert Lee McCarthy,
Sgt John Stephen Legge,
LAC Walter John Richards,
Sgt Jack Nicholson Holdsworth.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8848
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
North Sea
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1555LT on an operation over the Netherlands. While approaching the Dutch coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gerald Lawrence Clayton, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Charles Coish, observer,
Sgt Gordon Taylor, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Guînes: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1990
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington on an operation over Bruges. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Guînes. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Charles Constantine House, pilot, †
Sgt Percy Thomas Lefevre, observer, †
Sgt J. D. Howard, wireless operator and air gunner.
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