ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52814
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| Date: | Sunday 7 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:08 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7471 |
| MSN: | MG-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Blija, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:59 hrs for an operation to Emden in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield - (claim) between Blija and Holwerd: 3,600m at 01:08.
Crew:
Pilot:47819 Fg Off N L Tayler PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 560.
Co-Pilot:R/5852 WOII C F Henigman RCAF PoW Stalag Kopernikus. PoW Number 406.
Flight Engineer:903218 Sgt S J McNamara PoW Stalag Kopernikus. PoW Number 513.
Navigator: Aus/402761 Flt Lt E J Earngey RAAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 557.
Air Gunner:1263389 Sgt W E Goodman PoW Stalag Zagan & Belaria/Heydekrug/Thorn/Fallingbostal. PoW Number 503.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:104538 Plt Off F St J Travis PoW Stalag Luft Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 562
Air Gunner:934266 WO J H Arnold DFM PoW Stalag Heydekrug. PoW Number 560
Air Gunner:78865 Flt Lt H D Spry PoW Stalag Luft Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 559.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1587
RAF Prisoners of War
http://aircrewremembered.com/tayler-buck.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 November 1942 | N3764 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hamburg-Groß Flottbek |  |
w/o |
| 6 December 1942 | R9259 | 7 Sqn RAF | 6 | Sauvenière, Gembloux, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | R9266 | 7 Sqn RAF | 1 | Büttgen, Kaarst, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jun-2017 15:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2018 14:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2018 14:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2020 12:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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