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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:50 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK704 |
| MSN: | LS-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barlo, Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Karl-Heinz Völlkopf of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands. Also claimed by heavy Flak units at 02:30, victory Völlkopf later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Target: Bochum
Takeoff time: 00:14
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Clifford Charles John Bowyer RAFVR 118812 (NCO:911298 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 April, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant David Crofton Smith RAFVR 1239555 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harry Cyril Cooper RAF 942498 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer William George Marcel Olivier RCAF J/11115 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Brian Craggs RAF 146452 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Thomas Patrick Hanrahan RAF 970685 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Earl Eugene Warner RCAF R/133151 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Edward Keik RAF 655574 [PoW]
This is probably the Marcel "Tat" Olivier who at Luft III specialised in female roles in the Camp Theatre.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK704
http://sas.raf38group.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1726
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2018 14:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 26-Jan-2019 12:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-May-2024 06:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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