ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51694
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:21 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK699 |
| MSN: | LS-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee, Dantziggat, S of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:35 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Hit by the night fighter pilots Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield) and Unteroffizier Hans Baldischweiler of the 12./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CZ from Leeuwarden airfield).
Crew:
Pilot P/O. M.A. Chapman MiD 134746 RAF Runnymede Memorial 123 (NCO:741622, Gazette of 29th December 1942)
Flight engineer Sgt. T.E. Warbey 1212244 RAF Runnymede Memorial 168
Navigator P/O. R.F. Pavely DFM 50509 RAF Runnymede Memorial 133 (NCO:581527, Gazette of 12th January 1943)
Bomb aimer F/O. A. Woodward 131966 RAF Runnymede Memorial 130 (NCO:1099351, Gazette of 6th April 1943)
Wireless op Sgt. J. Condron 1023509 RAF Runnymede Memorial 145
Air gunner Sgt. A.K. Smith 954610 RAF Runnymede Memorial 165
Air gunner Sgt. D.E. Campbell R/142311 RCAF Harlingen E-4-12 Washed up near Dijksterburen pole 5.7 at 8 Jul 43
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=BK699&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 August 1941 | N3658 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kerkstraat street at Overasselt, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 26 February 1942 | N6067 | 15 Sqn RAF | 1 | Beck Lodge Farm Mildenhall Suffolk |  |
w/o |
| 7 April 1942 | W7448 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing - North Sea | |
mis |
| 28 August 1942 | W7624 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Suetersweg road, Bentelo, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 17 September 1942 | BF353 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer 10 km NW of Harderwijk, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2018 20:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2019 12:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2021 17:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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