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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:53 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF478 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 7.5 km W of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Hit by Marine Flak.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: BU-G
Takeoff time: 23:06
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Wesley Evans RCAF J/18037 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Victor Norman Walker RAFVR 1380192 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Zanwel Goldfinger RAFVR 1330847 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Roy Craven Child RAFVR 968999 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Harold Ward RAFVR 1060035 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Victor Street RAFVR 1575811 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Douglas Ager RAF 646478 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745) except Sergeant Street who lies at the Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery, Netherlands (530485493 6.185797 / )
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2363&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-May-2018 07:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-May-2018 09:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 22:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 18-May-2024 06:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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