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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE890 |
| MSN: | AA-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Krogaspe, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Kurt Böttinger of the 6./NJG 3, flying from Schleswig airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:04
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Henry Nicol RAF 657425 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles Edward Radford RAFVR 1437419 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Alan James Robinson RNZAF NZ/42308 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Edgar John Mansell RAF 132097 (NCO:1339755 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 December, 1942) [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Henry Garvin RAFVR 1077126 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Harold Sidney Norrington RAF 646162 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Bernard Laurence Cooksley RNZAF NZ/41435 [PoW]
Sergeant Norrington lies at the Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany (53.621319 / 10.053845); the other casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE890
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2018 20:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-Oct-2024 06:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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