ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52684
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| Date: | Friday 24 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:22 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7567 |
| MSN: | BU-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noordwaard Polder (Boomgatweg road), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Operation - Duisburg, Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Bönsch of the Stab III./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield - (claim) 5km SW of Oss: 3,000m at 02:21.
Those who did not survive rest at the Werkendam Protestant Cemetery:
Pilot:115123 Plt Off Jack Demsey Peel - Werkendam Protestant Cemetery Row 8. Grave 7.
Flight Engineer:539408 Sgt Denis Frank Dobson - Werkendam Protestant Cemetery Row 8 Grave 2
Observer:924720 Flt Sgt Peter John Withers - Werkendam Protestant Cemetery Row 8 Grave 6
Bomb Aimer:1059922 Sgt H C Fairhall PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25072.
Wireless Operator:1223659 Sgt Eric Harold Cooper - Werkendam Protestant Cemetery Row 8 Grave 3
Air Gunner:R/123282 Sgt John Brown Fleming - Werkendam Protestant Cemetery Row 8 Grave 5
Air Gunner:550874 Sgt Frederick Arthur William Thorne - Werkendam Protestant Cemetery Row 8 Grave 4
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1708
CWGC .
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 October 1942 | R9146 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km south of the railway station at Oss, Noord-Brabant | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Aug-2017 17:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2018 20:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2018 20:17 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-May-2020 19:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2020 19:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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