Cause of Death: |
Died in Aircraft Accident, Stirling N6005 took off from RAF Downham Market, Norfolk, intending to return to RAF Waterbeach. Some 10 minutes into the flight at 2040 hours, the aircraft banked steeply and spun into the ground a mile north at Littleport Side, Shippey Hill on the border between Cambridgeshire and Suffolk and approximately 7 miles north north east of Ely. The nine crew members on board were killed. Eye witnesses said the aircraft was flying very low in the region of 200 and 400 feet, with all navigation lights on. The aircraft approached Shippey Hill railway station and was observed to suddenly climb and at the same time make a violent turn to starboard as if to avoid the signal box. The aircraft did not recover from this turn and the reason for flying so low was not known |
