ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49979
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| Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
| Time: | 15:39 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 190 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LJ982 |
| MSN: | L9-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Polderstraat - Slopsepad, Randwijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire |
Takeoff at 12:01 hrs for a re-supply operation in support of Market Garden; failed to return.
All nine crew members rest in the Oosterbeek War Cemetery:
Pilot W/Cdr. G.E. Harrison DFC 37012 RAF - grave 4 D 12
Second Pilot W/O T.B. Brierley 417009 RNzAF - grave 4 D 15
Flight Engineer F/Sgt. R. Percy 1077628 RAF - grave 4 D 10
Navigator W/O D.M. Mathewson 421331 RNzAF - grave 4 D 14
Navigator F/O. N. Mackay 147128 RAF - grave 4 D 9
Wireless Operator F/Lt. N.E. Skinner DFC 118084 RAF - grave 4 D 13
Air Gunner P/O. C.J.F. De Cordoue J/92200 RCAF - grave 4 D 16
Air Despatcher L/Cpl L.H. Caldecott T80730 RASC - grave 18 B 11
Air Despatcher Drv. H. Gregory T152672 RASC - grave 18 B 7
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4242&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Sep-2019 08:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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