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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1942 |
| Time: | 00:18 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3763 |
| MSN: | HA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sankt Hubertus, Groß Grönau, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 19:50 hrs local time for an operation against Lübeck.
The aircraft was shot down by heavy Flak of the 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 161 and the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 259.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Maldwyn Griffiths RAFVR 1379390 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles O'Callaghan RAF 547590 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Norman Henderson RAFVR 1078358 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant John Thomas Jones RAFVR 657611 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Livingston Roleston RAFVR 982544 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant T Duffy RAFVR 798611 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Cyril Edward Jeffrey RAFVR 1028004 [Killed]
All lie at the Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany (53.621319 / 10.053845)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N3763
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2020 10:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Mar-2021 21:02 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 01-May-2025 06:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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