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| Date: | Tuesday 8 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:50 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9253 |
| MSN: | OJ-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Warnemünde, Rostock, Mecklenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 16:35 hrs for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation.
The aircraft was hit by light Flak of the 1.-3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 770 and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Laurence Theodore Izzard RCAF J/7462 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Stephen Holroyd Hopkinson RAFVR 1025619 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Daniel Patrick McAleese RAFVR 1068223 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John Lind Strachan RAFVR 1348104 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Robert Henry Williams RAFVR 1311511 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Fraser Hutchinson Watt RAFVR 1349714 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Philip Wedgwood Ditchburn RAFVR 1033162 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Osborn RAFVR 1333824 [Killed]
Sergeant D.P. McAleese is buried at the Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany (53.621319 / 10.053845), the other seven casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9253
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2020 18:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Jul-2022 05:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 06-Apr-2025 06:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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