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Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I near Tinglev: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1942 at 0105 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W7514
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton on an operation to Rostock. Over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a field near Tinglev. Two crew members were killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O John Edwin Marcell Conran, pilot,
F/O Airey Birley Bateman, pilot,
W/O Raymond Thomas Stephen, flight engineer,
P/O Alan Herbert Hammond Young, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Rees Lawson, bomb aimer,
Sgt David John East, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gordon Herbert Surridge, wireless operator, †
Sgt Ronald Albert James Skinner, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I near Tinglev: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1942 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7463
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2200LT on April 23 on an operation to Rostock, Germany. While overflying Denmark at night, an engine overheated and exploded. The captain ordered his crew to bail out and elected to make an emergency landing. Eventually, he lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a huge explosion in a field located in Visgaarde, some 3 km east of Tinglev. The pilot was killed while all other occupants became PoW.
Crew (106th Squadron):
P/O Harry Murdoch Stoffer, pilot, †
F/Lt T. Prescott-Decie, pilot,
P/O J. H. Paton,
Sgt I. Hamilton,
Sgt N. S. Lewis,
F/O N. J. C. Pollock,
Sgt J. C. George.
Probable cause:
Engine overheating and explosion in flight.