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| Date: | Tuesday 2 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:57 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF347 |
| MSN: | LS-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mantgum-Schillaard, 12 km S of Leeuwarden, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
| Berlin |
Took off from RAF Bourn at 18:11.
Claim by Lt Wolfgang Kuthe 11/NJG1 - Roordahuizum South Of Leeuwarden (Lowe): 2,300m at 00:57. Crashed at Schillaard near Mantgum.
Crew
Pilot: 659180 Flt Sgt Harold Stanley Howland - Baarderadeel (Schillaard) General Cemetery Grave 7.
Flight Engineer: 1187888 Sgt Albert Leslie Hyrons - Baarderadeel (Schillaard) General Cemetery Grave 1.
Navigator: 1220830 Sgt George William Armer - Baarderadeel (Schillaard) General Cemetery Grave 3.
Bomb Aimer: 655956 Sgt James Gordon Lamb - Baarderadeel (Schillaard) General Cemetery Grave 5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1259008 Sgt William Henry Pritchard - Baarderadeel (Schillaard) General Cemetery Grave 2.
Mid Upper Gunner: 956091 Sgt William Alfred Martin - Baarderadeel (Schillaard) General Cemetery Grave 6.
Rear Gunner: 1384606 Sgt George Arthur Moss - Baarderadeel (Schillaard) General Cemetery Grave 4.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2082&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Mar-2018 15:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 16-Jun-2022 09:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jun-2025 06:54 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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