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| Date: | Saturday 11 April 1942 |
| Time: | 04:35 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3703 |
| MSN: | LS-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Rectory Farm Cow Land Godmanchester -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Alconbury |
Hit badly by flak on a mission to Essen, Germany but managed to return to England. After an aborted attempt at landing and having to go around again the aircraft crashed at Rectory Farm Cow Land Godmanchester near Huntingdon.
Crew:-
Pilot: 70885 Sqn Ldr Matthew Drummond Henderson Wilson - Wyton (St Margaret and All Saints)Churchyard Huntingdonshire
2nd Pilot: Sgt David Southy - Injured.
Flight Engineer: 653979 Sgt Leonard John Gornall - Injured (MIA 26 February 1945 SOE Sortie 138 Squadron LK272) (Officer:52164 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 July, 1943)
Navigator: Fg Off Clifford Reeve - Survived (Rescued Sgt Southy and Sgt Gould. Awarded MBE for his actions).
Bomb Aimer: 1393659 Sgt Sidney John Jordan - Survived (KIA 27 September 1943 EE940 ).
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt Daniel Lammie - Injured (After recovering never flew again)
Air Gunner: 1305524 Sgt William Edmund Chambers - Survived (KIA 30 May 1942 W7515)
Air Gunner: 1261768 Sgt Edgar George Spencer Gould - Croydon (Mitcham Road) Churchyard Plot L. 4. Grave 12775.
Sources:
CWGC
Aircrew Remembered
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2017 20:50 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 17-Apr-2020 20:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 18-Dec-2023 09:43 | Blocky | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 22-May-2025 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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