ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52177
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1943 |
| Time: | 23:35 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9282 |
| MSN: | BU-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Benschopper Wetering, Benschop, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Christian Költringer of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Deelen or Twente airfield.
Target: Hamburg
Takeoff time: 18:27hrs
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader William Clarke RAFVR 70132 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David James Connearn RAF 1096519 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant George Eric Johnson RAFVR 1124496 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Anthony Lawson RAF 1232667 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Thomas William Burke RAAF Aus/403544 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Reginald F Crawley RAF 1399410 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Caldwell Adam RAFVR 1340346 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2035&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.ww2.dk/air/njagd/njg1.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Feb-2018 21:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2018 06:11 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2018 15:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:12 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Feb-2024 08:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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