ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50842
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| Date: | Monday 21 February 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EJ125 |
| MSN: | HA-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
The plane took of from RAF Downham Market at 18:10 hrs to carry out a gardening mission and lay mines off Borkum island in Germany. The aircraft was hit by Marine Flak from Borkum and crashed into the sea.
The entire crew of seven persihed in the crash.
RAF Flt Lt J I Wiseman, (Pilot) / Washed up at Pieterburen on the 8th of May (NCO:656531 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 May, 1942)
RAF Sgt V L Twydell, (Flight Engineer) / Runnymede Memorial; panel 239
RAF F/O W P Cragg, (Navigator) / Runnymede Memorial; panel 205 (NCO:1395925 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 June, 1943)
RCAF F/O H P Theriault (Bomb Aimer) / Runnymede Memorial; panel 248
RAF Sgt D Copley, (Wireless Air Gunner) / Runnymede Memorial; panel 227
RAF Sgt G H Foreman, (Air Gunner) / Runnymede Memorial; panel 229
RAAF 423217 Flt Sgt G C Brasington, (Air Gunner) / Washed up at Borkum on the 16th of March. Buried Sage War Cemetery in Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3448&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem22.htm
Google Maps
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ej125&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1808618
The National Archives UK
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 1942 | W7614 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 3 | west of Kaltenweide, Langenhagen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 30 March 1943 | BK716 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer near Marken, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jun-2016 08:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 19:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:41 | XindelX | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Dec-2019 21:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2019 21:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 09:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Oct-2023 18:55 | tachel | Updated [[Location]] |
| 21-Feb-2024 07:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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