ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52157
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| Date: | Sunday 14 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7638 |
| MSN: | OJ-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km SW of Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Shot down by Oberleutnant Martin Bauer of the 3./NJG 1 - Boksmeer NE of Eindhoven: 3,400m at 21:30 - flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. Sgt Oldham was initially buried at Venlo.
Crew:
Pilot:NZ/411396 Flt Sgt John Graham Gow - killed
Flight Engineer:574359 Sgt Paul Thomas Cyril Oldham - killed
Navigator:R/86604 Flt Sgt C Loughlin RCAF PoW
Bomb Aimer:NZ/41504 Sgt V W Tulley RNZAF PoW .
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:NZ/412353 Sgt G S S Reynolds RNZAF PoW
Air Gunner:1057133 Sgt William Anderson Summerson - killed
Air Gunner:1333885 Sgt J C Brigden PoW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2058&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 May 1942 | N6124 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | Agnicourt-et-Séchelles, Aisne département |  |
w/o |
| 6 June 1942 | R9321 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | Wanheim-Angerhausen, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 25 August 1942 | W7572 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | Thieulain, Leuze-en-Hainaut. |  |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | EE894 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 6 | 500 metres northwest of Kückenmühle, Ronnenberg, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Feb-2018 16:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2018 15:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2018 09:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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