Downham Market - Downham Market

On August 17, 1943 at 12:00 AM, Downham Market - Downham Market experienced a crash involving Short S.29 Stirling, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ain.

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, 5 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 71.4%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The aircraft left RAF Downham Market at 2019LT on August 16 on a bombing mission to Torino, Italy. While flying over the east part of France at an altitude of 14,000 feet, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field in Saint German en Bugey. A crew member was taken PoW, another evaded while five others were killed. Crew (218th Squadron): W/O S. F. Chudzik, † Sgt D. Deans, † Sgt C. E. Taylor, † Sgt D. P. J. Rawlings, † Sgt J. D. Bates, † Sgt J. L. Paterson, Sgt W. L. McKinnon.

Aircraft reference details include registration EH884.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.9816°, 5.3520°.