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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:53 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF396 |
| MSN: | AA-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Camperduin - Petten, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Husemann & Feldwebel Seufert of the Stab/NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen in Bf 110 G9+HA.
Target: Fallersleben, Wolfsburg, Germany
Takeoff time: 17:45
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander Victor Mitchell DFC RAF 37755 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Warrant Officer Trevor Horace Bagnall RNZAF NZ/40640 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Hart RAF 523663 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Reginald William Pearson RAFVR 747858 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Gerald Thomas Padden RAFVR 1041966 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Stuart John Goff RAFVR 916785 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Henry Rider RAFVR 960489 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Albert Charles William Parker RAFVR 909252 [Killed]
All are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1955A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/mitchell-victor.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Images:
Own research happy to use it on your page.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-May-2009 01:50 | Anon. | Updated |
| 18-Dec-2016 14:41 | pietrzak | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 15-Dec-2017 18:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 06-Nov-2020 20:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2022 20:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 11-Mar-2025 09:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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