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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:45 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 623 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH878 |
| MSN: | IC-I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rödern - Schönborn, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 19:48
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Noel Robert Shakespeare Humphreys MiD RNZAF NZ/414630 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Inns RAFVR 1074776 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Edward George Bull RAFVR 1391064 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Donald Walton Robinson RAF 1320192 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Hedley Probert Delahay RAFVR 1313004 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Green Read RAFVR 1304578 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Frederick Ernest Somers RAFVR 155189 (NCO:900819 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 September, 1943) [Killed]
All lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
F/O Humphreys had survived the sinking by a U-Boat of the "Waiwera" in the Atlantic, whilst en route to Canada where he spent a month in hospital recovering from his ordeal.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH878
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2018 15:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 05:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 07-Apr-2025 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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