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| Date: | Monday 22 November 1943 |
| Time: | 20:10 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF180 |
| MSN: | HA-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Urbanstraße, Berlin-Kreuzberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Hit by heavy Flak and exploded in mid-air.
Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:15
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Garfield Wallace 'Pinpoint' Prior DFC RAFVR 37611 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Aloysius Gartland RAFVR 1568245 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Eric James Lovell RAFVR 1320899 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Francis Oliver Stoney RAFVR 1559479 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant George Arthur Wright RAFVR 1043180 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Horace James Hansell RAFVR 162538 (NCO:931125 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 January, 1944) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Albert John Baldwin RAFVR 1296659 [Killed]
P/O Hansell lies at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany (52.507028 / 13.222336)
The other six casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EF180
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2018 11:31 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 15:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 12-Aug-2025 06:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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