ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52787
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| Date: | Sunday 21 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:05 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7472 |
| MSN: | MG-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 3.5 km W of Bergen aan Zee, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for a bombing operation to Emden in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Sigmund of the Stab II./NJG 2 based at Leeuwarden airfield.
Four crew members are missing in action:
Pilot:46910 Plt Off Eric Douglas Calvert - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68
Co-Pilot:81341 Flt Lt Alwin Woodgate Bevan - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row B. Grave 4. (Washed up Wijk aan Zee 12 July 1942).
Flight Engineer:572709 Sgt Jack Herbert Williams - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 29. B. 11. (Washed up pole 14 near Callantsoog 8 July 42).
Navigator:J/7202 Plt Off Byron Adair Trapp RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 101
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:J/7039 Plt Off James Robert Heslop RCAF - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row B. Grave 7. (Washed up Castricum 13 July 1942).
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1111488 Sgt Andrew Cadden - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row B. Grave 10. (Washed up Bergen aan Zee 16 July 1942).
Air Gunner:1314324 Sgt Gerald Bamford Granshaw - Runnymede Memorial Panel 84
Air Gunner:R/78112 Sgt Robert Nelson Parham RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 106
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1615
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
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| 21 December 1942 | BF358 | 7 Sqn RAF | 8 | Bois de Void, Void-Vacon, Meuse département |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jun-2017 08:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2018 19:33 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-May-2020 09:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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