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| Date: | Friday 6 November 1942 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9185 |
| MSN: | HA-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Lambarquet, Lanrodec, Brittany -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Downham Market |
Aircraft took off at 16:56 for a gardening mission near the French coast. It was hit by naval AAA fire from an armed merchantman over the Saint-Brieuc Bay in the Gironde Estuary. The pilot turned the burning bomber south where it crashed near the village of Lambarquet in Brittany after clipping some tall trees. 2 of the 7 man crew perished.
Pilot: 413420 Sgt Galbraith Michael Bullen Hyde (RNZAF) – POW
Navigator: R/87313 F/Sgt Alister Godfrey Cumming (RCAF) – Killed
Bomb Aimer: R/106392 Sgt Edward Carl Kehl (RCAF) – Killed
Flight Engineer: 654409 Sgt Edward Eric Harrison (RAFVR) – POW
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/101343 Sgt John Joseph Charles Sheridan (RCAF) – POW
Air Gunner: 916491 Sgt Deryk Lionel Ashmead-Bartlett (RAFVR) – POW
Air Gunner: 1238820 Sgt Donald Leslie Spriggs (RAFVR) - POW
Sources:
218 Sqn records from The National Archives UK
Personnel files of the 3 RCAF crewmen (Ancestry.ca - Archives Canada)
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2814087
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2814103
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9185&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R9185
https://www.absa3945.com/Pertes%20Bretagne/Cotes%20Armor/6%20novembre%2042/Stirling%20I%20R9185.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2023 14:11 | tachel | Added |
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