Accident Short Stirling Mk IV LJ843,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49985
 
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Date:Thursday 21 September 1944
Time:15:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk IV
Owner/operator:196 Sqn RAF
Registration: LJ843
MSN: ZO-R
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:'Oranje Nassau's Oord', Boslaan, Wageningen, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Keevil, Wiltshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Failed to return from a re-supply operation in support of operation Market Garden.

Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. C.R.J. Green 1333688 RAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 A 2-5
Flight Engineer F/Sgt. D.J. Allaway 1812756 RAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 A 6
Navigator F/Sgt. R.G. Phillips 1459689 RAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 A 7
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. L. Marsh 1044423 RAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 A 8
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. R. Cowan 1501749 RAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 A 2-5
Air Gunner F/Sgt. D.H. Grant 1257760 RAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 A 2-5
Air Despatcher Drv. J.R. Harris T5628455 RASC Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 15 A 11
Air Despatcher Drv. S.V. Armand T14636618 RASC Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 A 2-5

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4245&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 07:43 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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