ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236253
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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:43 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6081 |
| MSN: | OJ-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Airlenbach, Oberzent, Hessen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 20:58 hrs local time for an operation to Nürnberg in Bayern.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was claimed shot down by Oberleutnant Leopold Fellerer of the 5./NJG 2 and by Leutnant Ludwig Meister of the 8./NJG 4.
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander Cecil Charlton-Jones RAF 33108 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Charles Dudley Dobson RNZAF NZ/41980 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Eric Davies Butler RAFVR 1262460 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant David McNamee RAFVR 1066477 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Tom Hickman RAFVR 1236171 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant James William Gray RAFVR 922567 [Killed]
Sergeant William Martin Hughes RAF 538617 [PoW]
Sergeant Cecil Steel RAF 1179304 [PoW]
Those who did not survive rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N6081
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1942 | BF310 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer south of Hoorn, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 30 July 1942 | BF320 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 8 | Rodenhof, Saarbrücken, Saarland | |
w/o |
| 10 September 1942 | R9170 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 6 | Grote Adriana Theodorapolder, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 1 June 1944 | LJ501 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2020 14:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Apr-2024 14:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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