Oakington - Oakington

On July 13, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Oakington - Oakington experienced a crash involving Short S.29 Stirling, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Leek Staffordshire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft left RAF Oakington on a cross country exercise. While cruising over the region of Biddulph, the captain reduced his altitude to show the house of Mr. Dolphin to the other members of the crew. Shortly later, the aircraft went through a cloudy area and hit the hill of Merrytown Low, near Leek. All eight crew members were killed. Crew: Sgt Roderick Urquhart Morrison, pilot, F/Sgt John Richard Griffin, observer, F/Sgt James Frederick Hirst, wireless operator and air gunner, F/Sgt Thorstein Enevold Helgesen, wireless operator and air gunner, F/Sgt Leo Joseph Regimbal, air gunner, F/Sgt John Ellis Williams, flight engineer, F/Sgt William Anthony George Atkins, flight engineer, F/Sgt Edgar Dolphin.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6075.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.1058°, -2.0243°.