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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1942 |
| Time: | 05:10 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6076 |
| MSN: | LS-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Newmarket |
Returning from the raid on Dortmund the aircraft crashed land with an unserviceable undercarriage.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Neville Arthur Bennitt RAFVR 100634 (NCO:1193004 : Commission Gazetted Friday 01 August, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Sawyer RAF 563012
Navigator : Sergeant Gordon Lewis John RAAF Aus/400505
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Henry William Aldridge RAFVR 1262457 (Officer:128049 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 September, 1942)
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Cornelius Johannes Du Preez RAFVR 777663
Flight Sergeant K W R McMillan RNZAF
Sergeant Sullivan RAF
Sergeant Worley RAF
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2017 16:26 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-May-2024 16:43 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
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