Accident Short Stirling Mk IV LJ881,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49984
 
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Date:Thursday 21 September 1944
Time:15:30 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: LJ881
MSN: G5-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:along the Veldstraat road, Andelst, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Failed to return from a re-supply operation in support of Market Garden.

Crew:
Pilot F/O. B.A. Bebarfald 414953 RNzAF Jonkerbos cemetery; 19 H 2
Flight Engineer Sgt. C.F. Branson 1892153 RAF Jonkerbos cemetery; 19 H 4
Navigator F/Sgt. G.A. Phillips 426677 RAAF Jonkerbos cemetery; 19 H 3
Bomb Aimer P/O. M.J. Yarwood 421340 RNzAF Jonkerbos cemetery; 19 H 1
Wireless Operator F/Lt. L. Munro J/11617 RAF - survived
Air Gunner W/O G. Morris RAAF - survived
Air Despatcher Drv. Hughes T10696255 RASC - survived
Air Despatcher Drv. G.E. Jones T170974 RASC Jonkerbos cemetery; 19 H 5 - died of wounds on the 22nd of September 1944

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4239&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
12-Sep-2019 07:39 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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