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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:07 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF479 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kasterlee, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Walter Schön of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: OJ-E
Takeoff time: 00:55
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Leslie Cyril Martin RAFVR 124513 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 July, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Robert Chrysler Ferguson RCAF R/115045 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Jack Eric Butt RAFVR 961492 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Norman Harry Frank RAFVR 1387239 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer George Reicher Royde DFC RAFVR 118604 (NCO:1332310 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edmund Hazelden-French RAFVR 1268287 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Harold Arthur James Berry RAFVR 1578408 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Howard Philip Fudge RCAF R/76310 [Killed]
All lie at the Schoonselhof Cemetery, Belgium (51.166083 / 4.368341)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://aircrewremembered.com/martin-leslie.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2018 14:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2018 14:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 05-Nov-2022 09:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 12-May-2024 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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