ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52952
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | 23:01 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3709 |
| MSN: | MG-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Terborg, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:17 hrs local time for a bombing operation to Essen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was coned by searchlights of the Flak-Scheinwerfer-Regiment 1 & shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Siegfried Wandam of the 3./NJG 1 based at Venlo airfield.
All crew rest at Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery:
Pilot: 400708 Fg Off Geoffrey Thomas Heard RAAF - Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery Row A. Grave 7.
2nd Pilot: 32097 Wg Cdr John Henry Abel Chapman - Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery Row A. Grave 8.
Flight Engineer: 571310 Sgt Edward Leslie Belk - Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery Row A. Grave 10.
Observer: 102967 Plt Off Thomas Kenneth Haynes - Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery Row A. Grave 9. (NCO:924323, Gazette of 5th September 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 932116 Sgt Ivor Bertie Dopson - Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery Row A. Grave 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 918821 Sgt Donald Esmond Alan Rendtorff - Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery Row A. Grave 11.
Air Gunner: 1022097 Sgt Howard Inman - Gendringen Roman Catholic Cemetery Row A. Grave 5.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1450&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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| 8 November 1941 | N6091 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hekelingseweg road, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2017 09:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2017 17:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 16:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2020 18:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2021 19:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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