Oakington - Oakington

On June 22, 1943 at 01:45 AM, Oakington - Oakington experienced a crash involving Short S.29 Stirling, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Hamont Limburg.

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, 2 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 28.6%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The aircraft left RAF Oakington at 0007LT on a bombing mission to Krefeld, Germany. While overflying Belgium by night at an altitude of 11,000 feet, the aircraft was intercepted amd shot down by two German fighters. The Stirling lost altitude and the captain attempted to make an emergency landing. On final, the aircraft stalled, hit the ground, went out of control and came to rest in flames on the bank of a canal. The captain and the navigator were killed while all five other occupants were taken PoW. Crew (7th Squadron): Bruce Meiklejohn, pilot, † Charles Redwood, navigator, † Bill Cole, flight engineer, Frank Hugo, bomb aimer, Leslie Ellingham, radio operator, Jack Kilfoyle, air gunner, Edgar Brown, air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration EF366.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.2512°, 5.5454°.