ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236177
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| Date: | Monday 24 August 1942 |
| Time: | 23:50 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7562 |
| MSN: | HA-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Thynes (Dinant) - Sovet (Ciney), Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 21:10 hrs local time for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Kurt Holler of the Stab III./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield in France; crashed between Thynes and Sovet. It took a while before the Germans could reach the wreck, due to the extreme heat that the fire brought with it.
The eight unlucky ones were F/Sgt Robert Yates (pilot), F/Sgt James A. Morgan RNZAF (second pilot, 23 years old), Sgt Robert W. Beales (flight engineer, 21 y.), Sgt Arthur E. Richardson (observer, 21 y.). ), Sgt Lawrence F. Boreham (bomb aimer, 22 y.), F/Sgt John C. McGann (wireless operator, 26 y.), Sgt Geroge L. Boxall (tail gunner, 20 y.) and Sgt Benjamin R. Dixon (mid-upper gunner).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-bij-thynes
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7562
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W7503 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | near the Oude Zeug nature reserve, Wieringerwerf; Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 17 December 1942 | BF403 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Marsdiep off Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 9 October 1943 | BK687 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Ebersdorf, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2020 19:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Mar-2021 21:00 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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