Date & Time:
Feb 3, 1943 at 2300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
BF415
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Ridgewell - Ridgewell
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
8
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Ridgewell on a bombing mission to Germany. While overflying The Netherlands, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Willeskop, killing all eight crew members.
Crew (90th Squadron):
F/S G. D. Macdougall, pilot,
Sgt G. Stephens,
Sgt L. R. Kenkins,
Sgt R. T. Williams,
Sgt C. G. H. Mactavish,
Sgt G. C. Adam,
Sgt P. J. Egan,
F/O F. A. Parton.
Crew (90th Squadron):
F/S G. D. Macdougall, pilot,
Sgt G. Stephens,
Sgt L. R. Kenkins,
Sgt R. T. Williams,
Sgt C. G. H. Mactavish,
Sgt G. C. Adam,
Sgt P. J. Egan,
F/O F. A. Parton.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
