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| Date: | Wednesday 28 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:53 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH893 |
| MSN: | LS-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hamburg-Ochsenwerder -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Claimed shot down by Unteroffizier Adolf Löschner of the 9./NJG 3 (flying a Bf 110) and by heavy Flak. Both claims subsequently confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Time: 22:25
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant John Rowlison Childs RAFVR 128604 [Killed] (NCO:1336167 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 September, 1942)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Alfred Eric Ancel Holden RAFVR 1334010 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Weir Merrie RAFVR 1366380 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Stanley Ernest Ross Douglas RAF 845654 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Bernard Stanley Rate RAFVR 1577332 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Edgar Hurley RAF 1079613 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Edward Roberts Gomersall RAFVR 1768162 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Brown Dawson RAFVR 1116784 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH893
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2018 15:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 27-Jul-2023 08:46 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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