Date & Time:
Apr 28, 1942 at 0105 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3727
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2133LT on April 27 on a mine laying operation. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Rømø Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Bernard Moreland Denny, pilot,
F/Sgt Leslie Nellis Hodgins, flight engineer,
Sgt George William Craft, navigator,
Sgt Lloyd Francis Evans, bomb aimer,
P/O George Winston Wilkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Penman, air gunner,
Sgt Terence James Savage, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Bernard Moreland Denny, pilot,
F/Sgt Leslie Nellis Hodgins, flight engineer,
Sgt George William Craft, navigator,
Sgt Lloyd Francis Evans, bomb aimer,
P/O George Winston Wilkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Penman, air gunner,
Sgt Terence James Savage, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
