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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK708 |
| MSN: | OJ-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lindenberg, Ahrensfelde, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, UK (takeoff at 21:21 LT) |
Crashed under unknown circumstances.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ian Thomson Stirrat Fulton RAFVR 138658 (NCO:1388905 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 February, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John William Houlgrave RAFVR 1037662 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Arthur James Crosson RAFVR 1386952 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ellis Drury Edwards RAFVR 1236492 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Eric George Hunt RAFVR 1268390 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Raymond Percy Thomas Saunders RAFVR 1601119 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Charles Leonard Blackford RAF 527344 [PoW]
All are remembered at Runnymede.
Sources:
http://www.mehrow.de/Geschichte/1900_bis_1945/RAF-Bomber/BK708_St_Mrz43_Lindenberg.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK708&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2014 18:12 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Feb-2015 13:38 | Fuxs | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 17-May-2021 10:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 30-Mar-2022 17:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 30-Mar-2024 08:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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