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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:20 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Squn RAF |
| Registration: | BK714 |
| MSN: | OJ-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tarp, 6 km north-northeast of Esbjerg; Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk |
Crash landed during a bombing attack on Rostock, Germany. One crew member did not survive the crash.
The aircraft was outward-bound for Rostock when it was coned by searchlights and fired at by Flak.
Call Sign: OJ-L
Takeoff time: 22:08
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Thomas Leach Howell RAF 39418 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George William Herring RAF 570229 [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant Eric Lewis RAFVR 1097776 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Francis Leslie Parker RAF 1332425 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Albert William Dowie RAF 1295004 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Mark Standing Winston RAF 132384 (NCO:1005760 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 December, 1942) [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Albert Charles Carter RAF 1388704 [PoW]
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/howell-thomas-leach.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2018 17:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Apr-2018 19:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 17-May-2021 13:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, ] |
| 20-Apr-2024 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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