ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203545
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3716 |
| MSN: | MG-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langerbruggestraat, Ghent, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Crashed at Oostakker 7km NNE of Ghent.A number of them came down in the neighbourhood and were almost immediately arrested by the Germans. Plt Off Wiseman still reached Merendree. Then he was taken away on 23 May at 11 pm by field ranger Robert De Smet
Crew
Pilot:1378695 Sgt C R Hague POW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 54.
2nd Pilot:R/178702 Plt Off W Wiseman RCAF POW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 2126
Navigator: 1376598 Sgt E J Bliss POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 796.
Wireless Operator: 404696 Sgt Phillip George Trappett RAAF POW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 100.
Air Gunner:1289556 Sgt A C Bloomfield POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 797.
Air Gunner:941074 Sgt S Sellers POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW number 21811
Air Gunner:1183012 Sgt F W Whittaker POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 104.
Sources:
https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-te-oostakker
RAF Prisoners of War
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1941 | N6035 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | near the Jillesweg road, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | R9328 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | Elbe river near Brunsbüttelkoog, Brunsbüttel (Schleswig-Holstein) |  |
w/o |
| 21 December 1942 | R9262 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | near La Folie, Fraillicourt, Ardennes 08 |  |
w/o |
| 11 March 1943 | W7617 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus, Marne département | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2017 14:49 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 16:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-May-2021 13:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 25-Jun-2022 20:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Jun-2022 00:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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