ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52500
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:56 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9146 |
| MSN: | BU-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km south of the railway station at Oss, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 20:00 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank & Unteroffizier Erich Gotter of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
All seven rest in the Uden war cemetery:
Pilot / F/O. J.M. Paape NZ411932 RNZAF / grave 4 B 9
Flight Engineer / Sgt. J. Holmes 996754 RAF / grave 4 B 10-12
Navigator / Sgt. L.F. Meadows 1381714 RAF / grave 4 B 7
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. J. Ferris 1381860 RAF / grave 4 B 10-12
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt. R.G. Brasnett R/86619 RCAF / grave 4 B 10-12
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. H. Hancocks 1314850 RAF / grave 4 B 13
Rear Gunner / Sgt. K.P. Stibbs 1182389 RAF / grave 4 B 8
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1880&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1942 | W7567 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Noordwaard Polder (Boomgatweg road), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Oct-2017 14:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:10 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:11 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Oct-2020 17:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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