ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51660
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH888 |
| MSN: | LS-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Heeswijk, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab IV./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
The Stirling crashed at the banks of the channeled Hollandsche IJssel (hmp 127) near Heeswijk.
Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:45
Crew:
Pilot P/O. A.F. Saunders 149206 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 161
Flight engineer Sgt. J.L. Garfit 993649 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 158
Navigator Sgt. H. Mallen 958658 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. G.E. Matthews 1333334 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 159
Wo ag Sgt. S.J. Devereux 1224414 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 160
Air gunner Sgt. F.S. Kennedy 965752 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 163
Air gunner Sgt. F.W. Davis 953242 RAF Amersfoort 13 8 164
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2627&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 1943 | BK704 | 15 Sqn RAF | 1 | Barlo, Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Nov-2018 20:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 19:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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