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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:37 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK711 |
| MSN: | OJ-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 19:40 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
The aircraft was shot up by 'Wilde Sau' pilot Hauptmann Friedrich Karl Müller of the Stab/JG 300, who was flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Bernard Cottrell RAFVR 135402 (NCO:1379737 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 January, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Philip Bates RAF 1307447 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Campbell Kaid McLean RNZAF NZ/413711 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Alan Ross Crowther RAFVR 1335788 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Walter Leonard Smith RAFVR 1129590 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Raymond Wall RAF 1494690 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Cowap RAF 514413 [Killed]
Those who did not survive rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany (47.778371 / 11.733537).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK711
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 08:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Jun-2024 08:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jun-2024 08:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, ] |
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