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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7469 |
| MSN: | AA-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Katzenbach, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab IV./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Mainz-Finthen airfield. Also claimed by heavy Flak units, victory Hauptmann Wohlers confirmed.
Target: Mannheim
Call Sign: AA-O
Takeoff time: 22:17
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kevin Frederick Debenham RNZAF NZ/412211 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Donald Wainwright RAF 1193816 [PoW]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Raymond James Barnes RCAF R/87330 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant David Michael Turner Watts RAFVR 1312572 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Peter Braithwaite Pearson RAFVR 1377412 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Leslie Marlow RAFVR 1353768 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Jim Jack Davis RAF 629241 [Killed]
All lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/24855-W74691943-04-17.html
https://75nzsquadron.wordpress.com/stirling-2/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 18:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Apr-2018 18:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 13-Oct-2022 06:24 | Antonio | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 15-Jul-2024 06:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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