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| Date: | Monday 29 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7539 |
| MSN: | MG-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing N of Piriac-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Took off at 23:29 hrs for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation off Saint-Nazaire.
The aircraft crashed into the sea off Piriac. Cause unknown.
Crew:-
Pilot:1379169 Sgt Kenneth John Charles Richards PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24995.
Flight Engineer:650739 Sgt Kenneth Norman Jones PoW Stalag Luft 4 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 24970.
Navigator:1365802 Sgt James Tait - Penestin Communal Cemetery Morbihan, France
Bomb Aimer:1381873 Sgt Reginald Woollard - Escoubles-la-Baule War Cemetery 2. D. 10.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1183687 Sgt Geoffrey Collins PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 24964.
Air Gunner:1331747 Sgt Stanley Howard Greene - Escoubles-la-Baule War Cemetery 2. D. 8.
Air Gunner:1295509 Sgt Patrick Harrison - Escoubles-la-Baule War Cemetery 2. D. 9.
Sources:
French Crashes 39-45.
CWGC
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2018 15:02 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 04-Feb-2018 15:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source, ] |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-May-2021 18:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 15-Jan-2025 07:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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