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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:29 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 620 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE875 |
| MSN: | QS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 20 km west of Walcheren, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Viktor Sorko of the 4./NJG 3 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:35
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. T. Nicholson 658284 RAF Runnymede Memorial 160
Flight engineer Sgt. R.O. Jasper 1316326 RAF Runnymede Memorial 155
Navigator Sgt. K.W. Read 1394386 RAF Runnymede Memorial 162
Bomb aimer F/O. W.H. Boundy 134161 RAF Runnymede Memorial 123
Wo ag Sgt. A.A.T. Woodard 1384980 RAF Runnymede Memorial 170
Air gunner Sgt. H.J. Wells 1304641 RAF Bergen op Zoom 28 A 9 Washed up near Petten pole 19.2 at 8th Jul 43
Air gunner Sgt. R. Jackson 109856 RAF Runnymede Memorial 154
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2560&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jun-2018 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 07:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 29-May-2024 17:33 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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