Date & Time:
Apr 26, 1942 at 0006 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7506
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
8
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2132LT on April 25 to attack the Škoda factory in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. Approaching Frankfurt, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hüffelsheim. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Harold Reuben Millichamp, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Cunningham Bird, pilot,
Sgt Philip Harold Bullock, flight engineer,
P/O John Albert Stokes Banting, observer,
Sgt David Holley Bird, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas MacFarlane, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy George Detmold, air gunner,
Sgt Stuart Alan Bain Kellie, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Harold Reuben Millichamp, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Cunningham Bird, pilot,
Sgt Philip Harold Bullock, flight engineer,
P/O John Albert Stokes Banting, observer,
Sgt David Holley Bird, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas MacFarlane, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy George Detmold, air gunner,
Sgt Stuart Alan Bain Kellie, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
