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| Date: | Monday 29 September 1941 |
| Time: | 22:17 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7441 |
| MSN: | MG-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lillebælt strait south of the island of Brandsø (Assens, Syddanmark) -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 18:50 hrs for an operation to Stettin (modern Poland).
Outward-bound, the aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Leutnant Ludolf Schmitz of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110.
When the Stirling was in 700 metres height and it became clear that it could not be saved, the crew members still alive left the aircraft in parachutes.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Cyril James Cobbold RAF 964768 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edward Donald Tovey RAFVR 1109112 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John James Copley DFM RAF 521256 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant David Young Neil RAF 960179 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alec Donaldson RAF 751866 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Eric James Rodger RAFVR 1325233 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Waghorn Fulbeck RAF 618116 [Killed]
The casualties have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194123.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2020 18:08 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Mar-2024 20:26 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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