ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52561
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| Date: | Thursday 10 September 1942 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7630 |
| MSN: | MG-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near the Abdij Lilbosch monastery at Echt, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:13 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Wandam & Feldwebel Schöpke of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
Two of the crew were initially buried at Venlo:
Pilot / F/Lt. L.R. Barr DFC+ 43627 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Second Pilot / P/O. I.D. Fountain J/9420 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 100
Flight Engineer / Sgt. M.S. Pepper DFM 565929 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91
Observer / P/O. P.G. Freberg DFC J/6659 RCAF / evaded capture; reached Gibraltar 21 October
Wireless Operator / P/O. E.H. Cook 123290 RAF / prisoner of war
Front Gunner / P/O. E.R.M. Runnacles 118622 RAF / Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland; grave 12 D 8 / initially buried Venlo
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. J. Greenwood 1113288 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 84
Rear Gunner / Sgt. P.B.P. Price 1266398 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 91 / fieldgrave on location
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1821A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 May 1942 | N3710 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Moranrieux, Wallers-en-Fagne, département du Nord |  |
w/o |
| 2 July 1942 | W7563 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Sep-2017 19:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-May-2020 11:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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