ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243934
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Date: | Friday 23 February 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Short Stirling Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LK149 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | sea off Søndervig, Jylland -
Denmark
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Short Stirling crashed into the North Sea off Denmark. All seven crew members died in the crash.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Eric William Sinkinson RAFVR 1438945 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Albert Letts RAFVR 910656 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Francis William Webster RAFVR 1685818 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Bertie Ronald Hasler RAFVR 1464401 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant George Cole RAFVR 2202552 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Henry Thomas Batten RAF 544413 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Arthur Sharman RAFVR 189071 (NCO:1259664 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 January, 1945) [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1945014.shtml http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Oct-2020 07:24 |
gerard57 |
Added |
19-Oct-2020 07:25 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Location] |
04-May-2023 18:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Location]] |
23-Feb-2024 07:59 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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