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| Date: | Saturday 31 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:29 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF428 |
| MSN: | LS-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kleinenbroich, Korschenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Probably shot down by a Wild Boar fighter (Bf 109 G-6 or Fw 190A) flown by Feldwebel Willi Rullkötter of the 2./JG Herrmann.
Takeoff time: 22:46
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant John Collins Dillicar RNZAF NZ/416468 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Victor Edward Cobby RAF 651548 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Bernard Lionel Jackson RNZAF NZ/416498 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant George Henry Beck RAFVR 1380833 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Ian Grant Ramsay RNZAF NZ/416017 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Percy Middleton RAFVR 1601445 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Anthony James Gibbons RCAF R/124889 [Killed]
Passenger : Lieutenant (Army) Arthur Ray Ingle DFC SAAF 47222 [Killed]
Flight Lieutenant Dillicar rests at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161) and the other casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Lieutenant Ingle, believed to be the first South African Air Force officer to lose his life in Bomber Command, is reported to have joined the crew as a passenger.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EF428
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2018 20:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Jul-2018 20:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 10-Nov-2024 07:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Nov-2024 07:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
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