ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52537
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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF353 |
| MSN: | LS-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 10 km NW of Harderwijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Cause of loss not established. No incendiary devices found in wreckage. Assumed that the bomber was returning from the target Essen. Crashed in the IJsselmeer, 10 km NW of Harderwijk. The area where the Stirling fell is now Oostelijk Flevoland, an area of reclaimed land. P/O LW O'Hara, Sgt RJ Mumford and Sgt WE Johnson RCAF are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial; Sgt Evans is buried in Harderwijk General Cemetery, while Sgt L Cowen, Sgt TCF Orr and Sgt K Forster are buried in Amsterdam's New Eastern Cemetery. Sgt Orr was a south African from Pietermaritzburg. In 1938 he was awarded the Emma Smith Scholarship (Natal) for Art.
Call Sign: LS-E
Takeoff time: 20:25
Crew:
Pilot P/O. L.W. O'Hara 112290 RAF Runnymede Memorial 71 from USA
Flight engineer Sgt. L. Cowen 528664 RAF Amsterdam 69 D 9
Observer Sgt. R.J. Mumford 655837 RAF Runnymede Memorial 90
Bomb aimer Sgt. T.C.F. Orr 1332202 RAF Amsterdam 69 D 8
Wo ag Sgt. R.E. Evans 1286192 RAF Harderwijk 2 17
Air gunner F/Sgt. W.E. Johnson R/84435 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 104
Air gunner Sgt. K. Forster 985822 RAF Amsterdam 69 D 7
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1842
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 August 1941 | N3658 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kerkstraat street at Overasselt, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 26 February 1942 | N6067 | 15 Sqn RAF | 1 | Beck Lodge Farm Mildenhall Suffolk |  |
w/o |
| 7 April 1942 | W7448 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing - North Sea | |
mis |
| 28 August 1942 | W7624 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Suetersweg road, Bentelo, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | BK699 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee, Dantziggat, S of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Images:
Sgt. TCF Orr, Sgt. L. Cowen and Sgt. K. Forter headstone in New Amsterdam Cemetery. Sgt. Evans Headstone in Harderwijk. Crash site in reclaimed land in the Oosterlijk-Flevoland.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Mar-2010 01:09 | tlowe | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2010 12:27 | tlowe | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2010 12:38 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2017 19:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2020 11:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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