Date & Time:
May 31, 1942 at 0336 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
R9325
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2327LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, the outer starboard engine lost power and the airplane crashed on final approach. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Charles Brian Ordish, pilot,
Sgt Thornton, flight engineer,
P/O Clifford John Whittingham, navigator,
Sgt Russell Thomas Joshua Collett, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Frederick Inman, wireless operator,
Sgt W. M. Thompson, air gunner,
Sgt G. W. Findlay, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Charles Brian Ordish, pilot,
Sgt Thornton, flight engineer,
P/O Clifford John Whittingham, navigator,
Sgt Russell Thomas Joshua Collett, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Frederick Inman, wireless operator,
Sgt W. M. Thompson, air gunner,
Sgt G. W. Findlay, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Loss of power on the outer starboard engine on final approach to base.
