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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | 01:16 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE938 |
| MSN: | AA-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Berlin-Mahlsdorf -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal |
Takeoff at 20:37 hrs local time for an operation against Berlin.
Over the target, coned by searchlights and hit by Hauptmann Friedrich Karl Müller (Stab/JG 300) and by Major Helmut Lent (Stab/NJG 3).
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Trevor Fear RAFVR 1317167 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles Munro RAFVR 1566746 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Brian Hartley Ruddy RAFVR 1419688 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Andrew Bain RAFVR 658930 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Douglas George Woolcott RAFVR 1290189 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Andrew Cletus Holmes RCAF R/143622 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alexander Davidson RCAF R/181120 [Killed]
Six crew members are buried at the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery, Germany; Sgt Munro has no known grave and is commemorated at Runnymede.
Sources:
http://www.mehrow.de/Geschichte/1900_bis_1945/RAF-Bomber/EE938_St_Aug43_Mahlsdorf.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2014 11:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Feb-2015 13:43 | Lixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 17-May-2021 14:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Aug-2023 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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