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| Date: | Monday 18 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:10 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7531 |
| MSN: | LS-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | wooded area at Galsklint, Middelfart, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| Gardening - Danish Sound |
Aircraft named "McRobert's Reply". Hit by flak from ships in the target area and sustained ground fire over the Little Belt Bridge the aircraft crashed in a wooded area at Galsklint 2km West of Middelfart.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader John Charles Hall DFC MiD RAF 41693 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer John Patrick Ryan RCAF J/4758 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Anthony Spriggs RAF 568054 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Ronald Maycock RAFVR 1384147 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Bernard Butterworth RAFVR 1307679 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frank Leslie Sharp RAFVR 910003 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Donald John Jeffs RAF 1194379 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Nicholson RAFVR 954208 [Killed]
Passenger : Flight Lieutenant Neville George Richardson Booth RAFVR 81661 (NCO:748590 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 July, 1940) [Killed]
The casualties lie at the Odense (Assistens) Cemetery, Denmark (55.389112 / 10.369247)
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/view.php?uid=500527
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2017 15:57 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 21:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 22-May-2021 12:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 14-May-2024 12:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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