Date & Time:
Apr 15, 1942 at 0510 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N6076
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
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 Wyton at 2343LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning, the crew encountered technical problems with the undercarriage. He diverted to RAF Newmarket where the airplane belly landed and was damaged beyond repair. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
F/O Neville Arthur Bennitt, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Sawyer, flight engineer,
Sgt Gordon Lewis John, navigator,
Sgt Henry William Aldridge, air gunner,
Sgt Cornelius Johannes Du Preez, air gunner,
F/Sgt K. W. R. McMillan,
Sgt Sullivan,
Sgt Worley.
Crew:
F/O Neville Arthur Bennitt, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Sawyer, flight engineer,
Sgt Gordon Lewis John, navigator,
Sgt Henry William Aldridge, air gunner,
Sgt Cornelius Johannes Du Preez, air gunner,
F/Sgt K. W. R. McMillan,
Sgt Sullivan,
Sgt Worley.
Probable cause:
Technical problems with the undercarriage.
