ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50016
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1944 |
| Time: | 18:40 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 620 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK127 |
| MSN: | QS-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Polderstraat road, Heteren, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire |
Takeoff at 14:50 hrs for a re-supply operation in support of operation Market Garden.
Crew:
Pilot F/O. A.R. Scanlon 403535 RAAF Heteren cemetery; 2 A 16
Flight Engineer F/Sgt. W.J. Murray RAF Survived
Navigator F/O. E.B. Dane RAF Survived
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. R.J. Lamont J/90746 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 251 - may have fallen in the river Rhine and drowned
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner W/O E.J. McGilvray 412632 RAAF Heteren cemetery; 2 A 17
Air Gunner Sgt. J.W. Marshall 1391243 RAF Heteren cemetery; 2 A 22
Air Despatcher Drv. J.T. Hadley T5623132 RASC Groesbeek Mem Panel 9 - maybe buried as unknown at Heteren
Air Despatcher Cpl. G.A. Fowler T185692 RASC Jonkerbos cemetery; 20 H 8
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4213&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | EH931 | 620 Sqn RAF | 5 | Altdorf, Rheinland-Pfalz, |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Sep-2019 07:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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