Date & Time:
Jul 2, 1942 at 2335 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
W7563
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington on an operation to Bremen. While accelerating for takeoff, a tyre burst. The airplane went out of control and came to rest, bursting into flames. All eight crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
S/L Reginald Norman Cook, pilot,
F/Sgt T. L. Taylor, pilot,
F/Sgt W. G. Foster, flight engineer,
Sgt P. Glover, navigator,
F/Sgt A. H. Bywater, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt R. C. Pointer, wireless operator,
F/Sgt A. Clift, air gunner,
F/Sgt W. F. Carter, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L Reginald Norman Cook, pilot,
F/Sgt T. L. Taylor, pilot,
F/Sgt W. G. Foster, flight engineer,
Sgt P. Glover, navigator,
F/Sgt A. H. Bywater, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt R. C. Pointer, wireless operator,
F/Sgt A. Clift, air gunner,
F/Sgt W. F. Carter, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Loss of control while taking off after a tyre burst.
