ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206136
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| Date: | Thursday 16 July 1942 |
| Time: | 21:31 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7524 |
| MSN: | LS-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea 5 km southeast of Esbjerg in Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 18:40 hrs for a dusk raid on Lübeck in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by light (leichte) Flak from a combination of Luftwaffe and Marine Flak; crashed off the Sneum river mouth at Tjæreborg.
Two of the crew survived:
Pilot: Aus/400637 Plt Off Robert Lorraine Melville RAAF - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Grave AIII.11.2
2nd Pilot:1254392 Sgt Dennis Robert Barrett - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Grave AIII.10.3
Flight Engineer:525236 Sgt Robinson Nicholls - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Grave AII.10.2
Navigator:126850 Plt Off Kenneth Arnott - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Grave AIII.10.1
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:991121 Sgt Henry James Ian Lockhart - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Grave AIII.10.4
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:963167 Sgt John Evan Francis Waylan - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Grave AIII.10.5
Air Gunner:1284610 Sgt G A Donovan PoW Injured Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25041.
Air Gunner:798462 Sgt L C Masfen (Southern Rhodesia) PoW Injured Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25671
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/melville-robert.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194236.shtml
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 1942 | N3673 | 15 Sqn RAF | 9 | near Vrijenberger Sprengen near Loenen, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 15 April 1942 | N6076 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Newmarket |  |
unk |
| 27 August 1942 | BF327 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Beusichem, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2018 18:17 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 13-Feb-2018 18:17 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2020 10:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2020 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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