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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:58 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF405 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 70 km N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield. The Stirling was on a Gardening (mine-laying) operation.
Call Sign: HA-U
Takeoff time: 22:52
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant William David Mills RAF 655255 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Stanley Smith RAFVR 1455802 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer William Vincent Fitzgerald RNZAF NZ/42294 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Alan Mathias RNZAF NZ/415073 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Henry Thomas George Hubbard RAFVR 1331086 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Moore RAFVR 1125511 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer James Bernard True RAF 50285 (NCO:651441 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 March, 1943) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF405
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2018 19:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-May-2018 19:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 20-May-2024 11:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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