Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe

On June 4, 1942 at 02:33 AM, Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe experienced a crash involving Avro 679 Manchester, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Beekbergen Gelderland.

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, 4 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 57.1%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The crew left RAF Skellingthorpe at 2110LT on June 2 on a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany. While overflying The Netherlands by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field. Four crew members were killed while three others were seriously injured. Crew (50th Squadron): F/O John Frankland Heaton, pilot, † P/O John Ross Steen, pilot, † P/O Harold William Sheen, observer, † Sgt J. A. Farquhar, Sgt K. J. F. Gaulton, Sgt Stanley Henry Thomas, air gunner, † Sgt P. S. Buttigeig.

Aircraft reference details include registration L7432.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.1593°, 5.9638°.