Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Westerdeichstrich
Date & Time:
Jul 27, 1942 at 0230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W7560
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2237LT on July 26 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Westerdeichstrich, about 3 km north of Büsum. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dudley Wallace Attwood,
Sgt Ronald Gladstone Cartwright,
Sgt Celco Lima De Freitas,
Sgt Alfred Thomas Briscoe Jackson,
Sgt Douglas Lothian Knibb,
P/O Brenton Murray Sheppard,
F/Lt George Ronald Simich.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dudley Wallace Attwood,
Sgt Ronald Gladstone Cartwright,
Sgt Celco Lima De Freitas,
Sgt Alfred Thomas Briscoe Jackson,
Sgt Douglas Lothian Knibb,
P/O Brenton Murray Sheppard,
F/Lt George Ronald Simich.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
