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| Date: | Sunday 30 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:22 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK688 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kerkstraat, Schaffen, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EC from St Trond airfield.
Target: Barmen-Wuppertal
Call Sign: HA-A
Takeoff time: 23:08
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant William Arthur Mathias Davis RAAF Aus/408278 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Alan Ashley Grant RAF 572554 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Thomas Wilkinson Dixon RAFVR 1527169 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Robert Howes RAFVR 1284892 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Lloyd Portrey RAFVR 1030622 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Alfred Bramble RAFVR 653941 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Leslie William Abbiss RAFVR 82184 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 August, 1940) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK688
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2018 18:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 16:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 29-Jun-2022 10:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 21-May-2024 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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