ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52119
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| Date: | Friday 5 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:12 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK662 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km W of IJmuiden, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh, Suffolk |
This Stirling III BK662 was delivered to the Squadron the previous month on 28th February 1943 and was the first Mk III Stirling lost by 214. Hit by Flak units 1.-3./gem.242 and z.b.V. 3002 and crashed into the sea at 22:12. Seven of the crew were classed as missing, the body of Sgt Trotter was eventually washed up on Texel 25th May 1943 and buried.
Call Sign: BU-K
Takeoff time: 19:35
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. H.W. Baldock 657240 RAF Runnymede Memorial 141
Flight engineer Sgt. P.R. Kimber 1336307 RAF Runnymede Memorial 155
Navigator F/O. H.T. Etienne 129058 RAF Runnymede Memorial 124 (NCO:1392533, Gazette of 6th October 1942)
Bomb aimer Sgt. W. Taylor 1458100 RAF Runnymede Memorial 166
Wo ag Sgt. W.H. Trotter 1128255 RAF Den Burg K 2 40 Washed up Oudeschild habour at 2 May 43
Air gunner F/Sgt. A.B. Amirault R/88416 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 181
Air gunner Sgt. E.A. Wright 526692 RAF Runnymede Memorial 170
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2098&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://aircrewremembered.com/baldock-harry.html
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-May-2015 06:58 | pietrzak | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 06-Jun-2015 15:20 | Uzi | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2018 14:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2018 14:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Oct-2018 16:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:13 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2021 08:24 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 13:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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