Date & Time:
May 18, 1942 at 0142 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9310
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lakenheath - Lakenheath
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 Lakenheath at 2137LT on May 17 for operation in the Daffodils region. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Store Bælt (Grand Belt) some 10 km south of Kalundborg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Arthur John Frost, pilot,
P/O Gordon Willard Coldwell, pilot,
Sgt James Henry Baillie, flight engineer,
P/O Reginald Philip Gent, observer,
Sgt Alfred Henry Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt William Collins, air gunner,
Sgt John Currie, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Arthur John Frost, pilot,
P/O Gordon Willard Coldwell, pilot,
Sgt James Henry Baillie, flight engineer,
P/O Reginald Philip Gent, observer,
Sgt Alfred Henry Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt William Collins, air gunner,
Sgt John Currie, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
