loss of Stirling W7629, crashsite located...
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:01 pm
Hello gentlemen,
in the last weeks i located the crashsite from Stirling W7629 / MG-Z, No 7 Sqdn, lost in the night 6. / 7.9. 1942, in the area north of Moers / germany.
The Mission on 6.9.1942: Bombing Duisburg. Stirling W7629 donĀ“t return to the base on this night.....
All crew-members died :
N.A. Bennitt 100634 / pilot
R. Sawyer 563012 / engineer
L.G. John 400505 / ?
N. Spalding 1264305 / front gunner
J.M. Smith 403040 / top gunner
H.W. Aldridge 128049 / gunner
C.J. Dupreez 777663 / rear gunner
In the crashsite-area found a lot of wrekparts : Duralparts, some parts from cockpit, etc....
The first detected area is ca. 350 x 60 mtrs, so i think in a bigger area i can find more wreckparts...., next weeks searching again.
The mostly found wreckparts are extremly damaged with a lot of "burning holes", from bullets and "Schrapnells"... looks like a sieve... A direct hit by Flak or detonation in the air...?? ( explosion inside the aircraft ?)
Anyone more informations to this Stirling, crew and loss....?
More pics and information coming in the next weeks
greets
Karacho
in the last weeks i located the crashsite from Stirling W7629 / MG-Z, No 7 Sqdn, lost in the night 6. / 7.9. 1942, in the area north of Moers / germany.
The Mission on 6.9.1942: Bombing Duisburg. Stirling W7629 donĀ“t return to the base on this night.....
All crew-members died :
N.A. Bennitt 100634 / pilot
R. Sawyer 563012 / engineer
L.G. John 400505 / ?
N. Spalding 1264305 / front gunner
J.M. Smith 403040 / top gunner
H.W. Aldridge 128049 / gunner
C.J. Dupreez 777663 / rear gunner
In the crashsite-area found a lot of wrekparts : Duralparts, some parts from cockpit, etc....
The first detected area is ca. 350 x 60 mtrs, so i think in a bigger area i can find more wreckparts...., next weeks searching again.
The mostly found wreckparts are extremly damaged with a lot of "burning holes", from bullets and "Schrapnells"... looks like a sieve... A direct hit by Flak or detonation in the air...?? ( explosion inside the aircraft ?)
Anyone more informations to this Stirling, crew and loss....?
More pics and information coming in the next weeks
greets
Karacho