Newmarket - Newmarket

On December 17, 1942 at 08:53 PM, Newmarket - Newmarket experienced a crash involving Short S.29 Stirling, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Camperduin North Holland.

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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 crew left RAF Newmarket in the evening on a flight to Wolfsburg, Germany, to bomb a Volkswagen factory. While approaching the Dutch coast by night, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea few miles off shore. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. Crew (75th Squadron): W/C V. Mitchell, W/O T. H. Bagnall, Sgt R. Hart, W/O R. W. Pearson, Sgt G. T. Padden, Sgt S. J. Goff, Sgt A. H. Rider, F/S A. C. W. Parker.

Aircraft reference details include registration BF396.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.7255°, 4.6515°.