Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe

On May 9, 1942 at 02:20 AM, Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe experienced a crash involving Avro 679 Manchester, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Stege Sjælland.

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 14.3%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft left RAF Skellingthorpe at 2146LT on May 8 on a bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany. While overflying Denmark by night, the captain ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft for unclear reasons. Six crew members bailed out while the captain remain seated in the cockpit until the aircraft crashed in a field located in Store Lind, some 8 km southwest of Stege, on Møn Island. All six other crew were unhurt and rescued. Crew (50th Squadron): Sgt Maurice Gruber, pilot, † Sgt S. Garbutt, P/O H. F. Avery, Sgt J. Pearce, Sgt D. Broadhead, Sgt R. Solomon, Sgt K. G. R. Johnson. Photos: http://www.flensted.eu.com/194218.shtml

Aircraft reference details include registration L7489.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.9860°, 12.2883°.