Date & Time:
Apr 14, 1942 at 0109 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7519
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 Wyton at 2130LT on April 13 to lay mines off Wanderooge. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Victor Neal McKay,
F/Sgt Robert Henry Higgins,
Sgt Walter Cobell,
Sgt John Patterson Smith Worling,
Sgt Harry Humm,
Sgt Ronald David Steer,
Sgt Harry George Kingston,
Cpt John Cecil Noel.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Victor Neal McKay,
F/Sgt Robert Henry Higgins,
Sgt Walter Cobell,
Sgt John Patterson Smith Worling,
Sgt Harry Humm,
Sgt Ronald David Steer,
Sgt Harry George Kingston,
Cpt John Cecil Noel.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
