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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK602 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off West Flanders coast -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Hit by night fighter pilot Leutnant Bruno Heilig of the Ergänzungsstaffel/NJG 2, flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands. The attack took place at 02:15 over Poppel, municipality Ravels, province of Antwerpen.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: AA-R
Takeoff time: 00:06
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Thomas William Darton RNZAF NZ/416465 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 198
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alick McQuater RAFVR 1369879 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 158
Navigator : Sergeant Dudley Dobson Coates RNZAF NZ/421318 [Killed] Buried Oostende
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Milton Patrick Riordan RNZAF NZ/422668 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 199
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Charles Lawrence Whiteman RAFVR 1234862 [Killed] Buried Oostende
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Stephen Redpath RAFVR 1572718 [Killed] Buried Dunkirk
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Phillip Willsher RAFVR 1170594 [Killed] Bergen op Zoom 33 B 4 Washed up Callantsoog 21 Jun 43
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK602
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-May-2018 19:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 14-Nov-2022 05:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 19-May-2024 08:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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