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| Date: | Sunday 12 October 1941 |
| Time: | 23:45 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6047 |
| MSN: | LS-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mariembourg, Couvin, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Operation - Nürnberg, Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted by the crew of Feldwebel Kollak/Unteroffizier Hermann of the 1./NJG 1, who had taken off from Sint-Truiden (St Trond) in Bf 110 C-7 G9+LH.
The crew rests in the Dinant (Citadelle) Military Cemetery (collective grave):
Pilot : P/O Victor Charles Henry Colbourne RAF 45444 (NCO:562659) [Killed] (NCO:562659 Commission Gazetted : Friday 04 April, 1941)
2/Pilot : P/O Harold Mohr-Bell RAFVR 101582 (NCO:1291907) [Killed] (NCO:1291907 Commission Gazetted : Friday 15 August, 1941)
F/E : Sgt Sidney Bentley RAF 568024 [Killed]
Obs : P/O Thomas Edward Wootton RAFVR 61024 (NCO:935415) [Killed] (NCO:935415 Commission Gazetted : Friday 14 March, 1941)
W/Op/AG : Sgt Ivor Llewellyn Evans RAFVR 918268 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : Sgt Bernard William Wareham RAFVR 1164194 [Killed]
A/G : Sgt George Joseph Goodwin RCAF R/1961 [Killed]
A/G : Sgt Frederick Alexander Lamb RAFVR 1171689 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Aircrew Remembered
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-bij-mariembourg
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2021 14:21 | Adrian | Added |
| 16-Jun-2021 15:25 | Gerard | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Damage, Operator, ] |
| 04-Dec-2021 19:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 12-Oct-2022 07:56 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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