Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Oostakker
Date & Time:
May 20, 1942 at 0200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N3716
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 2315LT on May 19 on an operation to Mannheim. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire. The crew bailed out, parachuted to safety and later became PoW. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Oostakker, north of Gent.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Reginald Hague, pilot,
P/O William Wiseman, pilot,
Sgt Edward Joseph Bliss, navigator,
Sgt Phillip George Trappett, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Charles Bloomfield, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Sellers, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick William Whittaker, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Reginald Hague, pilot,
P/O William Wiseman, pilot,
Sgt Edward Joseph Bliss, navigator,
Sgt Phillip George Trappett, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred Charles Bloomfield, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Sellers, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick William Whittaker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
