Date & Time:
Apr 16, 1942 at 0450 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6068
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
Country:
Belgium
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 Lakenheath at 0020LT on an operation to Dortmund. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Snaaskerke. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Max Lightfoot Field pilot,
P/O Alexander Leslie Ellis, pilot,
Sgt Eric Austin Kirk, flight engineer,
Sgt Peter Sydney Brunsdon, observer,
Sgt Charles Moynes, wireless operator,
Sgt Gilbert Victor Phillips, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Briggs, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Charles Hutson, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Max Lightfoot Field pilot,
P/O Alexander Leslie Ellis, pilot,
Sgt Eric Austin Kirk, flight engineer,
Sgt Peter Sydney Brunsdon, observer,
Sgt Charles Moynes, wireless operator,
Sgt Gilbert Victor Phillips, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Briggs, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Charles Hutson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
