ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49950
Last updated: 18 June 2013
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| Date: | 23-SEP-1944 |
| Time: | 16.00 |
| Type: | Short Stirling IV |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | LJ991 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Heteren -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Plane crash landed. Pilot was Pilot Officer Clif Beck (RCAF). Killed were Flt/Sgts Erles Milks - Bomb Aimer (RCAF), John McGarrie - Flt Engineer (RAFRV), Simon Cormier - Navigator (RCAF), Harold Stell - Air Gunner (RCAF), Cyril William Lightwood - Driver (RASC). Pilot seriously injured. Wireless Operator Sydney Wheatley and RASC Driver (identity unknown) also injured. Those killed are buried at Heteren.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Feb-2012 04:21 | Phil Wheatley | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2012 23:36 | Phil Wheatley | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
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