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| Date: | Sunday 30 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:09 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF398 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kapellerlaan, Roermond, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Barmen-Wuppertal
Call Sign: AA-A
Takeoff time: 23:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Richard Barry Vernazoni RNZAF NZ/416185 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Walter Bramwell RAFVR 1051374 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Owen Alfred Innes RNZAF NZ/21935 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Harold Tong RNZAF NZ/416648 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Charles Hudson Riddle RNZAF NZ/41190 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Alexander Rodger Cardoo RAFVR 1522196 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James John Chandler RAFVR 1699810 [Killed]
The two air gunners lie at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.822371 / 5.830618) and the other casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2400&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Dec-2012 09:58 | ronny | Updated [Time, Location, ] |
| 30-May-2018 07:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 21-May-2024 06:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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