ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52935
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| Date: | Saturday 28 March 1942 |
| Time: | 22:05 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7501 |
| MSN: | MG-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:38 hrs local time for a bombing operation to Lübeck 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.
All seven crew members are missing in action:
42052 Flt Lt Jeffrey Hugh Edwards - Runnymede Memorial Panel 65.
1381147 Sgt Ronald Philip Cale - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79.
570100 Sgt Leonard Reil Eagle - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.
926585 Sgt Louis Robert Martin Norris - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90.
917462 Sgt John Charles Lyon Banks - Runnymede Memorial Panel 77.
968335 Flt Sgt John Thompson Graham - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74.
1056817 Sgt Desmond Edward Sproule Sidney-Smith - Runnymede Memorial Panel 93.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1463&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/web_db_edit.php?id=52935
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg2.html
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1941 | N3664 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Zeven, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 29 August 1941 | N3666 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Newmarket Racecourse (RAF Newmarket), Cambridgeshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 August 1942 | BF336 | 7 Sqn RAF | 4 | Sécheval, Ardennes |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Mar-2017 12:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2017 13:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 16:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 09:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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