Accident Short Stirling Mk IV LJ943,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49981
 
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Date:Thursday 21 September 1944
Time:16:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk IV
Owner/operator:190 Sqn RAF
Registration: LJ943
MSN: G5-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near 'De Slop' farm, Zetten, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 13:43 hrs for a re-supply operation in support of Market Garden.
Crashed due to combat.

Crew:
Pilot P/O. R.B. Herger J/89135 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 6-7
Flight Engineer Sgt. L. Hillyard 1818509 RAF Survived - injured, POW
Navigator F/O. O.H. Antoft J/25114 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 6-7 - from Denmark
Bomb Aimer F/O. J.K. MacDonnell J/28491 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 8
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner W/O II L.I. Whitlock R/155222 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 6-7
Air Gunner F/O. H.A. Thornington 143115 RAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 11
Air Gunner W/O J. Thomas R/173863 RCAF Survived - injured, POW
Air Despatcher Drv. E. Noble T157697 RASC Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 18 B 9-10
Air Despatcher Drv. C. Parker T175876 RASC Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 18 B 9-10

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4241&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
12-Sep-2019 07:54 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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