ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52417
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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:53 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF396 |
| MSN: | AA-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Camperduin - Petten, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Husemann & Feldwebel Seufert of the Stab/NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen in Bf 110 G9+HA.
Target: Fallersleben, Wolfsburg, Germany
Takeoff time: 17:45
All are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Pilot W/Cdr. V. Mitchell DFC 37755 RAF
Second Pilot W/O. T.H. Bagnall NZ40640 RNZAF
Flight Engineer Sgt. R. Hart 523663 RAF
Navigator W/O. R.W. Pearson 747858 RAF
Bomb Aimer Sgt. G.T. Padden 1041966 RAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Sgt. S.J. Goff 916785 RAF
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. A.H. Rider 960489 RAF
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. A.C.W. Parker 909252 RAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1955A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/mitchell-victor.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 April 1943 | R9290 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 40 km SW of Esbjerg or 80 km SW of Ringkøbing |  |
mis |
| 31 July 1943 | EE915 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 7 | Oosterschelde, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | EE938 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 7 | Berlin-Mahlsdorf |  |
w/o |
Images:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-May-2009 01:50 | Anon. | Updated |
| 18-Dec-2016 14:41 | pietrzak | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 15-Dec-2017 18:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2020 20:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 20:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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