ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226638
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| Date: | Monday 30 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:05 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3664 |
| MSN: | MG-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Zeven, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:09 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 6./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 E-2 G9+CP from Stade airfield. The Messerschmitt was hit by return fire and had its port engine knocked out.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Valentine Ronald Hartwright DFM RAF 44570 (NCO:564821 : Commission Gazetted Friday 04 October, 1940) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Thomas George Young RAFVR 979105 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Huntley Donald Brander RCAF J/1447 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Ronald Dale RAFVR 751528 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Dennis Howard Glyn Poole DFM RAF 630476 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alfred George Reading RAF 569447 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Walter Dryburgh Brown RAFVR 902211 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N3664
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1941 | N3666 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Newmarket Racecourse (RAF Newmarket), Cambridgeshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 28 March 1942 | W7501 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 25 August 1942 | BF336 | 7 Sqn RAF | 4 | Sécheval, Ardennes |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2019 09:08 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Jun-2019 12:10 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Mar-2024 15:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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