ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52190
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 February 1943 |
| Time: | 22:01 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9264 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Paulusweg near Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. The mission was a bombing raid on Köln (Cologne). Retrieved from the wreckage was the first H2S unit to fall into German hands.
Call Sign: MG-L
Takeoff time: 19:26
Crew:
Pilot S/L. W.A. Smith DFC 63414 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 25
Flight engineer F/Sgt. R.N.B. Brooker DFM 573732 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 28
Navigator F/Lt. B. Martin DFC 403790 RNzAF Rotterdam LL 2 27
Bomb aimer W/O II W.J. Dempster DFM R/83543 RCAF Rotterdam LL 2 26
Wo ag F/Sgt. F. Quigley 1061861 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 24
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.P. Bragg J/16937 RCAF Survived pow
Air gunner Sgt. R.G. Newman 545082 RAF Survived pow
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2026&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://airforce.ca/awards.php?search=&keyword=&page=78&mem=&type=rcaf
http://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/njagd/binjg1.html
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Feb-2013 00:53 | WarNet | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2018 15:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2018 10:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2018 10:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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