ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53396
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| Date: | Sunday 11 May 1941 |
| Time: | 00:20 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3654 |
| MSN: | LS-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the A.C. de Graafweg and Middelweg roads, Opmeer, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wyton |
Took off from RAF Wyton. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld, 4./NGJ1) and crashed between Hoodwoud and Opmeer (Noord Holland), 16 km NE of Alkmaar. Apart from Wg Cdr Dale who is buried in Bergen General Cemetery, the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Wg Cdr H R Dale +
Plt Off P R S Bird +
Sgt F A S Smith +
Plt Off D McL Campbell RNZAF +
Sgt E R Lucas RNZAF +
Sgt N H Nuttal +
Sgt S P Plumb +
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1029&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Second World War 1941 Page 56.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 April 1942 | W7514 | 15 Sqn RAF | 2 | Kravlund, Tinglev, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Apr-2016 17:48 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-May-2019 20:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
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