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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:45 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1651 CU RAF |
| Registration: | N3655 |
| MSN: | BS-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bremen-Oslebshausen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:30 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by four schwere Flak-Abteilungen and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer George Corbett Bayley RAFVR 113343 (NCO:918721 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 January, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Gordon William John Lovell RAFVR 655547 [Fatal Injury]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Alder RAF 568297 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Kenneth Stuart Spencer RNZAF NZ/41552 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Edwin Campbell Glenwright DFM RAF 552875 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Norman Robert Kilpatrick RNZAF NZ/405492 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Easton Wells RNZAF NZ/411112 [Killed]
All rest in the Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany (52.890363 / 9.916912)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N3655
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 09:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Mar-2021 18:27 | Don Diego | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Operator, ] |
| 02-Aug-2025 06:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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