ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236631
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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1942 |
| Time: | 01:08 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9350 |
| MSN: | BU-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bomal, Durbuy, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 20:58 hrs local time for an operation against the Krupp works at Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Walter Ehle of the Stab II./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Six crew members found a last resting place at the Heverlee war cemetery:
W/O Stephen A. Levenson, pilot - Sgt George B. Melton, flight engineer, 29 years old - F/Sgt Stuart S. Newcombe, observer, 29 years old - Sgt William J. Davies, wireless operator, 34 years old and Sgt Laurence C. Tillin, also wireless operator, 28 years old. The two remaining comrades survived the drama: Sgt G.A. Barrow and Sgt R.J. Cox were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9350
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-bij-bomal
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1942 | BF313 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 8 | mud flats N of Westernieland, Groningen prv |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | EE883 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km west of Katwijk, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2020 07:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Mar-2021 16:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 01:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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