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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:50 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH892 |
| MSN: | HA-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kalenborn, Vettelschoß, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Takeoff at 23:44 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Herbert Hubatsch of the 5./NJG 5 (detached to 6./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 C9+FN from Bonn-Hangelar airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Anthony Beck RAF 37538 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Raymond James Johnson RAFVR 127914 (NCO:1267804 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Harold Brisco Barrett RAF 143425 (NCO:1392194 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Stanley George Garbett RAF 622172 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Ronald Vivian Phelps-Hopkins RNZAF NZ/411899 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward Quigley RAF 1370603 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Robert Hesketh Nuttall DFM RAF 138204 (NCO:937803 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 February, 1943) [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH892
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2018 15:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Dec-2018 09:03 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 15-Sep-2024 19:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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