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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:16 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF400 |
| MSN: | AA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ankum, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 18:17 hrs for a bombing operation against Fallersleben, Wolfsburg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Walter Milius, Feldwebel Werner Blasius & Oberfeldwebel Ernst Maass of the 1./NJG 3 based at Vechta airfield, who were flying a Dornier Do 217 J-1.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Gerald Howard Jacobson RNZAF NZ/41333 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Leonard Arthur Roff RAF 547371 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Walter Duncan McAlpine RNZAF NZ/403551 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Eric Lumley Durham Ashwin RNZAF NZ/41563 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Wallace Frederick Stokes RNZAF NZ/412362 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Charles Lucas RAFVR 1312083 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William George Henry White RNZAF NZ/41717 [Killed]
All lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF400
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2020 18:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Jan-2021 10:46 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 27-Aug-2025 06:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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