ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201802
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| Date: | Saturday 28 March 1942 |
| Time: | 23:40 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9305 |
| MSN: | MG-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ahrensfelde, Ahrensburg, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:59 hrs local time for an operation to Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by the 1. & 2./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 647; crashed at Ahrensburg 22km NE of Hamburg. The crew were initially buried at Ahrensburg. Later they were re-interred at Hamburg Cemetery:
Pilot: 69494 Fg Off Raymond Lawrence Hayes - Hamburg Cemetery Joint grave 9A. B. 6-7
Pilot:104357 Plt Off David Robert Hart - Hamburg Cemetery Joint grave 9A. B. 6-7.
Flight Engineer: 570553 Sgt Charles Charles Nicholas Watkin Hamburg Cemetery 9A. B. 5.
Observer: 104341 Plt Off John Marr - Hamburg Cemetery 9A. B. 1.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1376304 Sgt Raymond Wyatt Page - Hamburg Cemetery 9A. B. 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1177512 Sgt Leslie Donald Sollars - Hamburg Cemetery 9A. B. 3.
Air Gunner: 902089 Sgt victor Arthur Lionel Ellis - Hamburg Cemetery 9A. B. 2.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9305
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1943 | R9281 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 15 km WSW of Ostend, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Nov-2017 14:07 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 25-Nov-2017 14:08 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 16:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 12:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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