ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52132
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 March 1943 |
| Time: | 01:04 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7518 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Muye polder Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Fw. Heinrich Nepperschmidt of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: LS-G
Takeoff time: 18:22
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Arthur Francis Edward Tilley RAFVR 1167927 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Donald Bowen RAFVR 1378175 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Donald Burton Care RAFVR 1214849 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Harry Lewis Meller RAFVR 124949 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Anthony James Sinclair RAFVR 1292124 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Haydn Jones RAFVR 1164197 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant G E Williams RCAF R/129379 [PoW]
Sgt Jones is remembered at Runnymede and the other casualties lie at Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2081&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Mar-2018 15:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2022 20:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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