Date & Time:
Jun 4, 1942 at 0027 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7474
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham 2306LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Den Helder. Seven crew members were killed and the eighth became PoW.
Crew:
P/O James Garscadden, pilot, †
P/O John Douglas Insch, observer, †
F/Sgt Harold Cyril Frederick Broadbent, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Leo Louis Joseph Farley, wireless operator, †
Sgt Keith Rowland Cox, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Cyril Frederick Sibley, air gunner, †
Sgt Leonard James Smith, air gunner, †
P/O John Richard Webber, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O James Garscadden, pilot, †
P/O John Douglas Insch, observer, †
F/Sgt Harold Cyril Frederick Broadbent, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Leo Louis Joseph Farley, wireless operator, †
Sgt Keith Rowland Cox, air gunner,
Sgt Norman Cyril Frederick Sibley, air gunner, †
Sgt Leonard James Smith, air gunner, †
P/O John Richard Webber, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
